I'm Rick from Fort Myers, Florida. I've never had a tortoise before the Red Foot I've discussed in another thread came along although I am a Gopher Tortoise aficionado from way back. I've been doing a census and taking pictures of Florida Gophers for years now and still go out several times a...
Several weeks ago we found this Red Foot in our front yard. It came right up to us so it's obviously used to people but we could see that it had been abused. It looks to me like a large dog used it as a chew toy over an extended period. As you can see from the photo many of the shell plates are...