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Does any one know what the current situation on the Ploughshare tortoise.Are they still maintaining the captive breeding program,are thier numbers coming any to date?It says there are currently 400 in the wild.

What is the average lifespan of a Northeastern Redfoot?How old is your oldest redfoot?

My brother found out i had a redfoot and let me know of a breeder that has a two headed hatchling he doesnt want.I really want it.What are the rate of survivability in something like this.I seen vids of it on Skype and it is a cherry head like i wanted before.The carrapace and plastron dont look...

Can anyone tell me if ZooMeds Reptivite with D3 is worth its salt so to say.Ive been using it for my redfoot and i would like to know anyones opinion on it.Shes doing well so far i just want to be on the safe side.She gets a light dose every other day.If anyone would know this its gotta be Tom.

Happy birthday United states Army.Providing 236 years of excellence,dutyand loyalty.It's been an interesting 4 years with you."This we'll defend."

Does any one else clean and detail thier tortoises Carrapace?Ever since i got mine i take warm water as i bathe her in the morning and gently clean her up.She gets dried off real good then i get my Vitashell,its made by a company called Tetra Fauna.It is a real good product and has very safe...

This is for any one who might not know about this really inexpensive method for curing shell rot.These pics provided are just 3 days apart this treatment promoted safe, fast healing.I bought some generic lotramin antifungal creme for about 5.00.I got some Povidone Iodine 10% solution[generic...

For a side note i would like to add Jazz is apparrently a big fan of the Greatful Dead lol.I was playing sugar magnolia and she got out of hiding to hear the tunes and chilled to the whole CD bobbing her head like she was jammin.I put some CCr and she went back in to hiding as soon as it started...

How can you tell how old a tortoise is ?I have a northern redfoot and a member told me she looks to be 4 to 5 yrs old.How can you look at a tort and estimate the age?

Im thinking of getting a reptile humidifier.I keep the tank at 80% manually with sprayings of purified water.Even though i have cyprus chips as substrate that keep moisture im comfortable with its still not enough.I have to spray every two hours to keep up with this.In the morning i head out for...

When i got mine home she ate very little if anything except some strawberry or apple.So i joined the forum and got advice on how she has to adjust no biggie.Over the past couple of days i noticed something.I let her get exercise and walk my living room during to day she follows me everywhere.I...

I got her to get her grub on these past couple of days.Ive noticed becauce im feeding her a lot better that she eats little or no protein.I want to see if she will eat shrimp,i have giant mealworms id like to try to get her to eat she turns her nose up at them.I also have some real good night...

I had a guy in one of my previous posts enlighten me on the fact that my Tortoise apperars not to be a pure bred.I picked it up at Petco and it was advertised as a purebred Cherryheaded Redfoot.Can someone take a look at the pics provided and give me a second opinion on this.Also i think its a...

I would personally like to thank the members of this site that helped me out with my little boy.I used a partially diluted tincture of betadine with lotramin and have hope it will knock out the shell rot, Iggy took it like a real champ.He is getting more active by the day so he had to just...

My name is drift2sea.I am 29 years old and am a soldier stationed in ft lewis and just got back home after a year in iraq.I got one of the best fathers day gift ever about a week ago.A cherry headed redfoot tortoise i named him Iggy after one of the koopas from super mario world.i got him from a...