Looking for red foot tortoise

[AugustG]

Hello, I live in Southern California. I’m looking for a red footed tortoise, preferably a baby but an adult is cool too! I already have an enclosure and everything, just struggling to find the tortoise! Would appreciate any recommendations!

 

[COmtnLady]

Welcome to The Forum!

Here has the best most up-to-date info, plus there are a lot of years of expert tortoise keeping represented by the various members here. Everyone will do their best to help you help your tortoise to have a happy healthy life.
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For your own peace of mind don't listen to the "advice" given by other sources, like: pet shops, social media sites, many YouTube videos, people at reptile shows, and even most veterinarians. They're still using old info that doesn't work as well as what you'll find here.

Study the info in the links offered. All those head-exploding details will show you how to help your tortoise to thrive.

And, ask a lot of questions. Run it by the members here before you buy new equipment or whatever - their expertise will save you a lot of time, stress, and money.


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Its really good to get everything in place before you get your tortoise. Tell us about the enclosure you're setting up. Posting a few pics would be even better!


There are quite a few Red Foot keepers on here. We will do all we can to help you out. You'll need to have a large enough and closed-top space for your Red Foot because they are a tropical species and need to have 84% humidity and approximately 84 degrees Fahrenheit 24/7/365. They are a beautiful species, but need some specific environmental parameters, they aren't like the Desert Tortoises that can be kept outside all the time.


Have you had a chance to read this yet?

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

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Here is some good info on Red Foots, the map helps a lot -

Redfoot Tortoise Care Sheet

NOTE: I do not keep redfoots, and I only have one tortoise in total. With this in mind, remember that I am in no way an expert, and this should not be used as cold hard proof of how to raise a redfoot. I used information from great keepers on this forum to put everything together. This care...

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This one is helpful, too -

Common keeping errors

Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️ I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common...

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Then it depends upon the age and size, but here are two that could help -

Housing older red foot/cherryhead

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to go over an example of an appropriate indoor red foot/cherryhead enclosure. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure(especially the size these guys get!) I understand being from the uk myself, that some climate’s make it...

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Young red foot/ cherryhead set up

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information on an effective example of a starter enclosure for a red foot/cherry head😊 Care advice for these guys is painfully behind, fb pages, YouTube, pet stores, they’re all repeating the same outdated advice, this forum is made of...

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Welcome aboard!


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