hey guys !!! i'm a newbie and have lots of questions :)

[guille24]

HI guys thank u so much for letting me join this amazing site , i think i have two cherry head red foot tortoises (that's what i was told at the pet shop where i got them from (petco) ) do u think i'm right/wrong ?? but they look more like normal red foots to me, I've had them for about 3 yrs now,, also i got them for 120 dollars each and i know real cherry heads sell for about 200 or more i might be wrong but i'll post some pics latter I also have two RUSSIAN tortoises and planing to get more I've had my russians one for about 2 years and the other one just for a few months but they all are doing great , but my cherry heads have a little bit of pyramiding since i purchase them , i think is because of the conditions they were kept in :/ but i'm glad i have them now

 

[Jacqui]

Hi and welcome! None of the pictures showed up (atleast I am guessing you posted pictures?) I was sold in the past some "cherryheads" that carry only redfooted traits from breeders, so yours may also have been wrongly labeled. We an guess better when we see photos.

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome to the Forum!!

 

[guille24]

Hi and welcome! None of the pictures showed up (atleast I am guessing you posted pictures?) I was sold in the past some "cherryheads" that carry only redfooted traits from breeders, so yours may also have been wrongly labeled. We an guess better when we see photos.

hey !! thank u sorry i didn't post any pics yesterday, so do u think my ''cherry heads'' are going to grow like normal red foots ??

 

[guille24]

Welcome to the Forum!!

thank u

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this the male ''cherry head'' its about 7 inches

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this is the smaller ''cherry head " i think it's a female but i'm not sure,, it's about 5 almost 6 inches big , the tail is short and fat and the shape of the end of the plastron has an u shape ,, what do u guys think ????

 

[wellington]

Hello and Welcome cute torts, can't help with the red foot, cherryheads thing. But someone might.

 

[guille24]

thank u !!

 

[pam]

Welcome

 

[mainey34]

Im no expert on redfoots. But they look like redfoots to me. And the first one looks like male to me and number two looks like female. Lets see if N2TORTS replies. He will know...

 

[FLINTUS]

Those are very pretty northern red foots, not the southern cherry head type

 

[guille24]

Those are very pretty northern red foots, not the southern cherry head type

thank u !!! i was really confused what type of red foots i have ,cause i was told they were cherry heads and they really don't look like cherry heads to me ,, do you know how big my tortoises are going to get ??

 

[kanalomele]

Welcome to tfo

 

[tortiemama]

Welcome! TFO is a great resource : )

 

[FLINTUS]

Those are very pretty northern red foots, not the southern cherry head type

thank u !!! i was really confused what type of red foots i have ,cause i was told they were cherry heads and they really don't look like cherry heads to me ,, do you know how big my tortoises are going to get ??

Standard red foot size is usually around 12 inches. I would expect no smaller than 10 inches, max probably 14 inches-this is common, although we do see some specimens often get to 16 or 18 inches.

 

[guille24]

thank you guys !! ,,

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wooow they ar gonna be huge!!!

 

[corncake200]

welcome!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AZtortMom]

Hi and Welcome