So I spotted an ad on craigslist yesterday for someone needing to get rid of their Red Foot and all it's equipment. I'd been toying with the idea of getting a second Red Foot for a while now- ok more like since I first got my girl Tortellini two years ago, and it seemed like the opportunity had finally arrived. I drove out and ended up coming home with the new little girl (hopefully) who I've named A'Tuin after the great world turtle from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. She's 4.5 inches long, weighs 12.7 oz (361 grams), has started to pyramid a bit, her beak is a bit overgrown, and most importantly she's got a nasty case of fungal shell rot on her plastron. I didn't dig into the guy over her condition since he'd only been given her three months earlier by a friend, so it's likely he inherited the issues from the previous owner. Apparently he went out and spent about $350 on equipment (40 gallon fish tank, lots of decorations, a waterfall, and an exo terra monsoon mister) but after three months learned he was in over his head and wanted out. He wanted $100 for the equipment (minus the mister) and the "turtle" came free with it. He had her on Zoo Med Forest Floor cypress mulch and while it didn't seem overly moist or soiled, both the cage and tortoise had quite a strong funky fungus smell to them. So I stopped at a drugstore on the way and when we got home the little one got a short soak, an iodine scrub (the store didn't have betadine), and slathered up with athletes foot cream. I've got her in a fresh enclosure with paper towels and a water dish too small for her to climb into (I don't want her to wash the cream off and then drink the water) until we start to see some serious improvement. After her treatment she happily devoured some spring mix and a little zucchini and she's already had a bowel movement which looked pretty normal. The pictures I attached are 1) The condition I got her in 2) Having a little soak 3) Her plastron before treatment 4) Her plastron after the scrub and before the cream (as you can see she was loosing patience with me). I intend to post updates here as her hopeful recovery progresses. I know 4.5 inches is a too small to be 100% sure but anyone with a better eye for Red Foot sexing have a guess if little A'Tuin is a girl or boy?