New Member in NC

[K&C]

We are new tortoise owners. We bought a red footed tortoise but I am pretty sure we got a yellow foot. We are guessing we have a female. She is Ruby. She is about 5 months old. We love box turtles which we see a lot of here in NC so we decided to get a tortoise. We have been reading what we can find but I looking forward to seeing what we can learn here.

 

[cmacusa3]

Post a few pictures and we can help you out.

At 5 months old it's impossible to determine male vs female. Love the name and you can keep it even if it turns out to be male

Congrats on the new one!! You've came to the best place to learn all you need.

 

[K&C]

Post a few pictures and we can help you out.

At 5 months old it's impossible to determine male vs female. Love the name and you can keep it even if it turns out to be male

Congrats on the new one!! You've came to the best place to learn all you need.

Thanks! If she is a he we won't care! I will try to get a picture on here soon.

 

[BILBO-03]

Hi and welcome! please post pics of your tort and enclosure.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello, and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum to you and Ruby.
Have a look at http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/ to start and then :
http://www.tortoiselibrary.com/species-information-2/chelonoidis/
for some very good information.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hi

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi and welcome to the Forum!

Quite a few of the RF tortoises have yellow dots on their legs (if that's what you're going by). More than likely, you have a RF tortoise.

 

[Speedy-1]

Hi and welcome !