Redfoot

[R07x]

Hey everyone, my names Rebecca. Me and my partner have recently got a redfooted tortoise called lucifer. We believe he is between 5-6 months to a year old.
We had noticed his shell looks different on one side as it looks like as if he has an extra bit of shell?
We are first time owners but have done alot of research but have had nothing to answer our question.
Is it an extra bit of shell? Is it normal? And is it something to worry about?
he seems completely find within himself and happy

Hoping this is the right place to put this haha thank you

 

[ZEROPILOT]

It's an extra scute.
It's relatively normal.

 

[Ink]

Congrats on your tortoise. He or she has an extra scute. No health issues, just being a different looking tortoise.?

 

[R07x]

Brilliant, thank you both for commenting with some information. I appreciate it?

 

[Ray--Opo]

Welcome, now you have a way to always identify your new friend. Some people like to purchase torts with extra scutes

 

[Yvonne G]

My favorite kind of shell pattern - aberrant scutes! I love it.

Hi, and welcome to the Forum! Your new little tortoise is looking very dry. His shell doesn't have a nice luster to it. Make sure to read our care sheets so you can be sure to have him set up in the proper environment:

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...

tortoiseforum.org

Redfoot Tortoise Caresheet

REDFOOT TORTOISE CARESHEET ALL Tortoises on the planet require that 4 parameters be "IN BALANCE". How this is accomplished ( or required ) is as varied as there are regions and keepers on the planet. Temperature - Humidity - Lighting - Diet Redfoot tortoises require the same parameters -...

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And this one is for those in northeast America, but it might also fit your weather pattern:

Redfoot care sheet via Northeast North America

@cdmay @Madkins007 @CharlieM @allegraf @kathyth @Yvonne G @Redfoot NERD @Will @Tom @Markw84 @TechnoCheese All, Please find and critique this draft care sheet. I have included a handful of people at the top that I recall conversing with fairly regularly on TFO prior to my previous hiatus or...

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[R07x]

My favorite kind of shell pattern - aberrant scutes! I love it.

Hi, and welcome to the Forum! Your new little tortoise is looking very dry. His shell doesn't have a nice luster to it. Make sure to read our care sheets so you can be sure to have him set up in the proper environment:

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...

tortoiseforum.org

Redfoot Tortoise Caresheet

REDFOOT TORTOISE CARESHEET ALL Tortoises on the planet require that 4 parameters be "IN BALANCE". How this is accomplished ( or required ) is as varied as there are regions and keepers on the planet. Temperature - Humidity - Lighting - Diet Redfoot tortoises require the same parameters -...

tortoiseforum.org

And this one is for those in northeast America, but it might also fit your weather pattern:

Redfoot care sheet via Northeast North America

@cdmay @Madkins007 @CharlieM @allegraf @kathyth @Yvonne G @Redfoot NERD @Will @Tom @Markw84 @TechnoCheese All, Please find and critique this draft care sheet. I have included a handful of people at the top that I recall conversing with fairly regularly on TFO prior to my previous hiatus or...

tortoiseforum.org

Hello, thank you?, I will have to have a read through them, we've done alot of research but there's always so much conflicting advice, we've had him for less than a month, when we got him his always had a dryish shell & it is a little rough.