Co-habbing Redfoots and Cherryheads

[TGDOrestes]

Hey everyone, I was wondering if it is possible to cohab redfoots and cherryheads, since cherryheads are a type of redfoot tortoise.

 

[Tom]

Its possible, but not advised. They will interbreed and then we will eventually not have two different types. Also, CH seem to be more aggressive at least some of time, from what I've read here. Of course this varies with the individual tortoise.

 

[TGDOrestes]

Oh okay, thank you very much!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

The market, at least here in south Florida is flooded with hybrids bred for more color because color means money.
I would not encourage the practice.

In a very large outdoors enclosure you could attempt an all female group like mine with a few Cherryheads.
But like has already been mentioned, it's not guaranteed to work.
It's best to have a separate pen for each sub species.
Mine are all northern btw.

 

[bonsai tortoise]

I keep my redfoot and cherryhead juveniles together but once they’re mature they get separated so we avoid mixing should they mate.