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That's awesome, how old is she?

My room mate and I have held Dexter twice (once two nights ago and tonight). He has peed and pooped in our hands constantly when we hold him. Is this common among young tortoises?

Thanks, I will look into this.

Thanks, these are great. Very much appreciated :)

Thanks guys. I bought a lamp stand and hooked it up this morning. Now it hovers over the terrarium.

Hi Rachael, I'm Gil and I have a 4 month old cherry headed red footed tortoise. I live in San Jose and I will be keeping him in doors for the foreseeable future.

Is placing my ceramic heater on top of my cage / partially on the wood, a fire hazard? Do all of you have your heater on a clamp?

Thanks! My name is Gil.

I've seen my Tortoise take a bite of food and then tear it with his arm/hand while holding it with his mouth. Pretty impressive.

Thanks all. I will post a picture shortly. Dexter is what I named the Tortoise, not my name. I'm located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Today I bought some Kale and Collared greens. Fed him that along with a small amount of cut up apple, zucchini and mango. The person I bought it from said I...

Hi all, I'm glad I found this place. It seems like a very good resource. Yesterday I purchased my first tortoise (cherry headed red foot) and built a terrarium when I got home. The tortoise is 4 months old. I was told it would take some time to adapt to its new environment but it was eager to...