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Greetings all, I havent been on this forum for the last couple of years, and while looking through all RF threads, I don't seem to find any of my old friends in here. Where have they all gone ? (JD, N2TORTS, Mike Taylor, matt41gb, etc) Anyway, I changed the substrate and cleaned out my indoor...

Some of you might remember my old thread about my "Black Cherryheads", that usually gets very dark when they develop and hatch by themselves in the substrate I use in my enclosures ? Well here is the old thread below. Short summary of it is that on march 2 I took two eggs that were laid by one...

I have had the idea for a long time to install an IP-cam so I can watch all of my Redfoots from remote. So during the weekend I bought a motorized wifi cam and installed it in my "Red-room" :) It also has night vision (IR) and since it's motorized (360 + tilt), it actually covers the whole...

I nearly have to introduce myself, cos it's been far too long since I posted something here... Was cleaning out both of my large indoor enclosures during the weekend, and it's always exciting to see how many eggs I've missed to put in the incubator. The females can be very secret and discreet...

I did not have the courage, but my wife did, when we gave the first clutch of the year their first soak... And I could hardly believe what happened, as I have never put any of my RF's on deep water during all of my years as a breeder !

Hi guys, as I'm only into Redfoot Tortoises, I know nothing about turtles... But there is a guy here in Sweden on a Swedish forum, that has asked a strange question about a turtle tank; all of a sudden, the surface of the water has started to get "oily" and full of foam (bubbles), and he is...

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I have been asked to sell two small Cherryheads (3 years old) to someone that currently holds two Iguana Iguana's in a large terrarium. They want to keep them in the same enclosure, and as they both originates from (nearly) the same area in South America, and have approx the same needs for...

As this will be my first time as an exhibitor ever, at the next reptile expo here in Sweden, I've just ordered some stuff... What ya think ?

I reckon it's in their genes, but when I posted a thread nearly two years ago of my first marbled hatchling, I had no idea that this was not the last ? None of my adults are really marbled, just a tiny little bit (none of the males, only some of the females), but now I've suddenly got five...

When I was about to start and do the yearly clean out of my terrariums, I found som egg shells ! Started to have a look around then I found one very dark hatchling, then another one, and then yet another one !!! A whole nest that I had missed. The hatchlings are very very dark, no read nearly a...

We have discussions regarding Redfoots and giving them (according to me, too much) fibre from now and then. Over here in Europe, it's very common to keep European type of tortoises, and they are given a type of food called "PAT - Pre Alpin Testudo" with a very high content of fibre. My opinion...

Hi All ! As I'm only into Redfoots, I am by no means an expert in European and other tortoises. My friend sent me these two pictures of his five tortoises. I know that two of them are "Greek", but can you all helpo me out here, please ? Thanks

My latest hatchling has got a composite of the two rear scutes ! My first ever (so far)...

One of my females has been diggin a lot lately, and the other evening when I came out for the evening check, she had laid one broken egg that looked normal on top of the ground and another one that looked like this... I've never got an egg looking like this before. Anyone has an idea what could...

Anyone have any idea what this new tortoise of mine is ?

Yesterday this article was published in a local Swedish newspaper, about two turtles that was seen walking on the ice of a large pond in Malmoe. Since we've had between -15 C and 0 C (5-32 F) during several months now, my guess is that some owner has dumped them there ? Since I'm into Redfoots...

This morning, my collegue returned from Denmark, and he gave me a special package saying "15 Giant Tortoises - Choclate" So we're havin Giant tortoises for the coffee break today ! :P TGIF :D

Last night I found one of my females like she was "nailed" to the plexiglass window in my terrarium. But when she suddenly moved away, I could see that she had been stuck there, since she actually had one of her toe nails missing on the front leg ! The nail (growing part) was "peeled off"...

I've had several youngters before, but none of them has ever been "really" marbled on the carapace. As they are all Cherries, the plastron is often beautifully marbled, but the adults does hardly show any on the carapace. Here is however one of my yearlings, starting to show some kind of...