can anyone keep a red or yellow foot with a shell this smooth? post pics of yours if you want!
anyones yellow foot look like this?
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My Pedro looks like that but I've only had him about a year so I can't take any credit. We've gotten to the point where we think he was raised in a little cardboard box. When we started putting him outside this summer the only thing he would do would be to climb the back steps to get back in to hide in the back hall. :0
To be that smooth it most likely would be wildcaught if someone has one that smooth. But I wouldnt doubt anyone on this forum from raising something that smooth.
ya it is a wild tortoise, that was the point of the thread. i just want to find someone with PERFECT care to have a shell this amazing. it almost makes me want a wild caught adult so i could brag about his shell 
austinSOLO said:ya it is a wild tortoise, that was the point of the thread. i just want to find someone with PERFECT care to have a shell this amazing. it almost makes me want a wild caught adult so i could brag about his shell
Nobody has the perfect system yet. Yellowfoots do adapt well to captivity though. Or at least mine did so I would say go for it if thats what you want.
That tort is absolutely perfect.....
My female is pretty smooth, she is the one on the right. I have had her for years but Im sure she is that smooth because she was a wild caught
yeah the one on the left is what most seem to look like which is fine, but your female is awesome! i would be proud if i were you! even if she is wild caught and had a smooth shell, for you to put her in your care means changing diet probably and she doesn't really have any pyramiding at all! i would rather by and adult red foot but they are too expensive
I've read that part of the reason their shell is smooth is from natural abrasion from being in the wild, i.e. rubbing against trees, rocks, etc.
Still, even my tort's relatively smooth shell is nothing compared to this.
Still, even my tort's relatively smooth shell is nothing compared to this.
yeah it really is beautiful!
This is Sally Four Legs, She is a captive hatched 7 year old female, enjoying some time with the water sprinkler.
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How did you keep shell so smooth? What a pretty tortoise!!!
Look at Terryo"s!! Hers is about one of the smoothest I have seen raised.Check out her threads, there are many! There are a few others here that raise some really nice Rf's
haha it looks like she has her own jungle!
i wish anyone could keep it that smooth! but this one is wild, i wanted to see if anyone could keep a red or yellow a shell as smooth as this one
i wish anyone could keep it that smooth! but this one is wild, i wanted to see if anyone could keep a red or yellow a shell as smooth as this one
Lots of greens, NO fruits, and very high humidity did it for these guys. They are 2 years old in this photo. I got them when they were 3". Not perfect but pretty smooth.
and photos now 1 year later. Well this photo is actually a few months old, but close enough.
and photos now 1 year later. Well this photo is actually a few months old, but close enough.
wow no fruit? never heard that before. but how do you keep humidity up? do you live in a humid place?
jlittlefield said:
I keep the yellow foots environmentally the same as the eastern box turtles, It works here and is pretty much natural here in the Middle Atlantic States (MD and VA) for 7 months of the year, the cold months they are inside. Food wise, nothing special, but I probably feed less protein than most people recommend.
oh where i live it can be humid but not all the time
OK so I had to post my other female BIGRED, she is pretty smooth but has more growth lines
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