Most of my tortoise experience has pertained to African and Asian species, but recently I got a few redfoot tortoises. I think I have a “regular” and a cherry head. I was able to find a few other threads where people asked this question, and they were very informative, but I do not want to pretend to be a redfoot expert, so I want to get the opinions of those with more experience keeping this species. The first one is a yearling, he/she was hatched in 2018, I believe it to be a normal redfoot. I know the person who hatched it, and the parents look normal as well. The second one was hatched in 2019, and was received from an unknown person. It was not advertised as a cherry head redfoot, but as soon as I got it in my hands I noticed the red on the neck and head. At first I thought it was just a redfoot with good color, then I found that the cherry heads have the darker plastrons. So I think it might be a cherry head redfoot.
So what does everyone think? Normal or cherry head?
Yearling:
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So what does everyone think? Normal or cherry head?
Yearling:
Hatchling: