thank you for the reassurance! my little guy actually slept OUTSIDE of his covered "cave" for the 1st time yesterday and I got to watch him sleep : ) he sure sleeps a lot! we fed him a small piece of salmon (~1/2"x<1/2" cooked) for some protein last week and that was the most he's eaten in...
Hi Gianni, I know this is an older post but we just got our new baby cherry head 9 days ago and our baby is acting just like how yours is described here! I'm wondering how long did it take for your baby tortoise to feel comfortable and start eating more and "hiding less"?
Ok, thank you for the confirmation I've grown to love this little guy in such short period of time I wanted to be sure he is what we ordered, thank goodness!! Will he keep the light salmon color on its head?
Hello, I am a brand new 1st time tortoise owner. Our baby tortoise arrived on Friday and his HEAD color is a lot lighter than we've seen in all the pictures of CHRFs. The faint orange/faint salmon color is so light that it is difficult to pick up by camera. These are some pictures i have so...
Hi, first time tortoise owner from SoCal and excited to be here! We received our baby Cherry Head tortoise yesterday. This little guy is healthy and alert and ADORABLE but very shy at the moment and hides in the cave all the time, hope will warm up to us soon. The color on his/her head is...
Hello Josh, so happy to join this forum! Yesterday our family received our very 1st tortoise, a baby Cherry Head! He/she doesn't have much "red" on its head at all for a Cherry Head, only pale/very faint orange colorations that is difficult to pick up on camera. He/she is adorable and...