Hello everyone,
New account owner but long time lurker of this forum. Any way i had gotten a new redfoot tortoise named Franklin. My mom had gotten me him spur of the moment because she knew I had been doing a ton of research and was already getting ready to buy my own RF. He had been at a pet store in a small box and my mom felt bad for him so she bought him and brought him home to me as my 22nd b-day present. I had wanted to buy a baby from a breeder but iam happy to give Franklin a better home than the box he had. Long story short the guy at the pet store told my mom he was a year to a year and a half old and I just have a really hard time believing that since he is around 8" long. My question is can a red foot get that big in that short time and if not around how old should he be. I know there isn't really a true way to know but any info would be great thank you.
New account owner but long time lurker of this forum. Any way i had gotten a new redfoot tortoise named Franklin. My mom had gotten me him spur of the moment because she knew I had been doing a ton of research and was already getting ready to buy my own RF. He had been at a pet store in a small box and my mom felt bad for him so she bought him and brought him home to me as my 22nd b-day present. I had wanted to buy a baby from a breeder but iam happy to give Franklin a better home than the box he had. Long story short the guy at the pet store told my mom he was a year to a year and a half old and I just have a really hard time believing that since he is around 8" long. My question is can a red foot get that big in that short time and if not around how old should he be. I know there isn't really a true way to know but any info would be great thank you.