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[Mabo Tofu]

Hello, my name is Toshi, and I am from California.
I just got my tortoise pretty recently(about 2 months ago).
Here are some pics of my tortoise(her name is Mabo Tofu III) after having her for a month:

Tofu's specs:
-3 inches front shell to back
-was told she was a brazilian redfoot
-about a year old
-daily poop machine

Please take good care of me in the forum!

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

welcome to the forum!!!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Welcome. What kind of housing are you using?

 

[bouaboua]

Hello Toshi and Welcome to the forum. Good to have you here.

 

[tortadise]

Welcome

 

[Tyanna]

Welcome! Let's see some more pics of where you're keeping the cute little thing!

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Toshi, and welcome to the Forum!

You will find some very good information on RF tortoises at the Tortoise Library

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Toshi welcome to the TFO from AZ . Great looking RF . Have a great tort day !


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[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[pam]

Welcome Great pictures

 

[Mabo Tofu]

Welcome! Let's see some more pics of where you're keeping the cute little thing!

Welcome. What kind of housing are you using?

Here it is. 75 left, and 95 right

 

[Mabo Tofu]

Hi Toshi, and welcome to the Forum!

You will find some very good information on RF tortoises at the Tortoise Library

Thank you Yvonne, there's a plethora of information on Redfoots; it boggles my mind.
Thank you all for welcoming me!

 

[tortdad]

Welcome.
What is the humidity level of your enclosure? Humidity is just as important as temperature and should be kept at a constant 90% or better.

Can you take a closer shot of your baby's shell and face? With that we can tell you if you have a standard Redfoot or a Brazilian Cherryhead Redfoot. Im lucky enough to have one of each

It's quite possible for your tort to be 1 year old but a 3"shell length says it's most likely younger than that. My standard RF is 3-1/2" long and is 6-1/2 months old. My Cherryhead is 2-3/4" long and is 3-1/2 months old. Torts all grow at different rates and you can never know for sure unless you know the hatch date. If they are not houses in optimal conditions with good diets there growth is slower. I've seen 18 month old Sulcata torts fed correctly bigger than 6 year old unhealthy ones.

Be sure to post lots of pics, we love pics. Welcome again!!!!


0.0.1 Redfoot (Spike)
0.0.1 Cherryhead Redfoot (Bruce Wayne)
1.0 Sulcata (Hal Jordan)

 

[tortdad]

Also... 75 is too low for a small Redfoot. Cold and humid will lead to a sick baby. Get the humidity up and don't let the cold side get lower than 80. Most species of torts need a hot side and a cold side, Redfoots are different. They don't even need a basking spot but it's good to offer one in case they want to. One of mine loves to bask and the other not so much. You could make the entire enclosure 84 degrees and it would be perfectly happy.


0.0.1 Redfoot (Spike)
0.0.1 Cherryhead Redfoot (Bruce Wayne)
1.0 Sulcata (Hal Jordan)

 

[Mabo Tofu]

@tortdad Here are some shots that you requested.
As for the temperature, the table is actually 80 one end and 95 the other. I forgot to mention the temperature when I put the pelxiglass to keep in heat. The humidity is about 90-95%. I doubted the age when first told also. She seemed a bit too young to have an egg yolk scar(it was bigger when i first got her 2 months ago).

 

[tortdad]

Defiantly a Brazilian Cherryhead. You can tell it was raised with a dry start. You can see slight beginnings of pyramiding but you've got your humidity up so that will stop and smooth out over time. My standard Redfoot is the same way. Good looking tort.


0.0.1 Redfoot (Spike)
0.0.1 Cherryhead Redfoot (Bruce Wayne)
1.0 Sulcata (Hal Jordan)

 

[Mabo Tofu]

Defiantly a Brazilian Cherryhead. You can tell it was raised with a dry start. You can see slight beginnings of pyramiding but you've got your humidity up so that will stop and smooth out over time. My standard Redfoot is the same way. Good looking tort.

Thank you for the advice. When I first got her 2 months ago, her head looked like extra sugar-coated frosted flakes...
When she's in her table she is not dry, but when I take her out, her head dries out like frosted flakes.
This is about 2 minutes after her soak.
Is that normal? I've seen other dried redfoot head pictures, but none are as frosty as Tofu's. <--Should I post this in the redfoot forum?