Cherryhead or redfoot

[Christiaan]

Hey everyone, know it’s been a while since I’ve been active here, but never stopped taking care of my herd which is about 22 torts now.

My fiance came home today with a highly marbled yearling “Cherryhead” however the plastron is screaming northern redfoot to me. Would like some other opinions

Thanks in advance!

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Aw how beautiful! Looks like a red to me but maybe @ZEROPILOT (if he’s around) could answer.

Is baby housed in a closed chamber? I only ask because I see what looks like one of those mesh top wooden tortoise houses in the background. If so, you might like these for ideas

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[Christiaan]

Hey appreciate the reply, it is one of those tortoise houses, I’m in SOFLO and keep them outdoors and have the entire enclosure misted daily so humidity stays acceptably high for me. I use it mainly to isolate any new torts or hatchlings before I release them into my larger juvenile free range pen.

I agree with you though, looks like a regular redfoot but the marbling is completely throwing me off haha

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Hey appreciate the reply, it is one of those tortoise houses, I’m in SOFLO and keep them outdoors and have the entire enclosure misted daily so humidity stays acceptably high for me. I use it mainly to isolate any new torts or hatchlings before I release them into my larger juvenile free range pen.

I agree with you though, looks like a regular redfoot but the marbling is completely throwing me off haha

No worries, it is generally recommended these days to raise babies in closed chambers indoors until they’re big enough for the great outdoors(so much easier controlling your environment during the vital growth stage, members here have had the best success raising them this way), you’re definitely in the perfect climate for them which is wonderful! But indoors there’s no way to appropriately maintain the humidity in an open top, misting isn’t ideal for red foots because they’re prone to fungal infections, misting keeps that top layer damp, I’d aim for a deeper damper layer with a slightly drier top, with a covering over it that should maintain humidity nicely and help aid in a smoother growthit could just be the photo, but some parts in the pic look like potential tiny bits of a brewing fungal infection(I could be wrong but I’d keep an eye)

Regular red foot’s can get marbling too, though usually not so pronounced from the ones I’ve seen, but I think this is possibly a red foot and not a cherry head, don’t quote me on that though lol, gorgeous tort either way! Congrats on the new family member

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Looks like a nicely colored Northern mix to me.
A hybrid. Because of the marbling.
They are more and more common now.
The plastron is light. I see no spurs and I can't make out the nose scale pattern.

Not an issue unless the seller mislead you and charged extra. (A little extra would be warranted just because of the good color)