Newbie to the group - yelllow foot age

[Jill8324]

Hi all,

I am a new yellow-foot mom, but have a wide variety of other critters in my home. I have had box turtles in the past. In any case, I brought this little one home and he/she is doing well. But the woman I got him from said he was six months old!!! Could that be right? Did she mean six weeks? I can definitely call and ask her ... I just wanted other opinions too. Thanks!

 

[Anyfoot]

I would guess 6 wks over 6 months. New growth is only just coming through, and I think I can still see an egg tooth. My redfoots lose the egg tooth around the 60 day mark.
That said I don't know if it's possible to slow growth right down?

 

[no one]

Hello and Welcome Jill!! I like the yellow foot over the red ones. Enjoy your new tortoise!!

 

[Wendy Proulx]

I have a baby yellow foot that is suppose to be 5 months old and looks very similar to yours. Kurt’s weight the other day was 71g if that helps at all

 

[richosullivan]

Hi all,

I am a new yellow-foot mom, but have a wide variety of other critters in my home. I have had box turtles in the past. In any case, I brought this little one home and he/she is doing well. But the woman I got him from said he was six months old!!! Could that be right? Did she mean six weeks? I can definitely call and ask her ... I just wanted other opinions too. Thanks!

My yellowfoot was tiny for the first 18 months - i thought I was doing something wrong because he wasn't growing at the same rate as my elongated or black mountain (though I anticipated the black mountain to grow fast based on everything I had read.

Here is a picture from when he was 3 months old (or at least the age we were told - this is from the day we got him):

 

[TammyJ]

Welcome Jill, you have a gorgeous little guy there!

 

[MysticCaribou]

My yellowfoot was tiny for the first 18 months - i thought I was doing something wrong because he wasn't growing at the same rate as my elongated or black mountain (though I anticipated the black mountain to grow fast based on everything I had read.

Here is a picture from when he was 3 months old (or at least the age we were told - this is from the day we got him):

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He's so cute!! I wish they stayed small.

 

[Yvonne G]

My experience with baby YF tortoises is that they grow very slowly. I would accept that it is 6 mo. old.