New Elongated and Yellow Foot dad

[richosullivan]

New Elongated and Yellow Foot owner, been on here reading the forums for advice, thought it would be a good idea to join.

Thanks in advance for all the good advice I have already received, and future recommendations.

 

[Jacqui]

Hi and welcome!

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome to the Forum, Rich!

Since you've been here a while, you know that some of us really don't approve of putting different species of tortoise in the same habitat, right? Especially a tortoise from S/E Asia and one from South America. They would NEVER ever find each other on their own in the wild, and they might make each other sick.

But I love the irregular scute pattern on the YF tortoise. We don't see too many elongated tortoises here on the Forum, but we do have a few keepers of that species.

We're glad to have you aboard.

 

[mike taylor]

Welcome!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello and welcome to the TFO from AZ .

 

[lisa127]

Hi and welcome!

Love your babies!

 

[Benjamin]

Welcome to the forum and great turtles! Regarding mixing the species.. elongate can be VERY aggressive animals. Your biggest concern likely is the elongate biting the yellowfoot. Watch out for that and enjoy the turtles. They are both underrated species in my opinion.

 

[richosullivan]

They live separate, I just put them to soak together so I could get 1 picture to put on here.

 

[richosullivan]

The irregular pattern on Timmie (our YF) is why we got him. Our elongated is Arthur, loved his head/eyes.[/size][/font]

Welcome to the Forum, Rich!

Since you've been here a while, you know that some of us really don't approve of putting different species of tortoise in the same habitat, right? Especially a tortoise from S/E Asia and one from South America. They would NEVER ever find each other on their own in the wild, and they might make each other sick.

But I love the irregular scute pattern on the YF tortoise. We don't see too many elongated tortoises here on the Forum, but we do have a few keepers of that species.

We're glad to have you aboard.