Mom to Baby Cherry Head Red Foot

[Dionne]

I have only recently become familiar with tortoises. Honestly I never even realized there was a real difference between turtles and tortoises (embracing to admit). I became an admirer of the tortoise by virtue of my 9 year old daughter. We got her a cherry head red foot for Christmas. Prior to purchasing her red foot I did so much research and spoke to numerous reptile owners before make the decision that a tortoise was a good fit for a 9 year old girl. I think what worried me the most was the life span of a tortoise. She (at 9yrs of age) would be making a commitment to keeping this animal for the rest of her life.
I have changed my opinion now. Next week my husband I will be getting our very own yellow foot to raise for ourselves.

 

[TORTOISEMAN1]

Very cool Dionne! Welcome!

 

[dmarcus]

Hello Dionne and welcome to the forum...

 

[Utah Lynn]

It is contagious. WELCOME.

 

[coreyc]

Welcome to the forum and congrat's we love pic's here just so you know

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome.

 

[kimber_lee_314]

Welcome! They are addicting, aren't they? Cherries have such great personalities! I don't have any yellowfoots, but I hear they have great personalities as well.

 

[bubbles01]

Welcome to you and your daughter! Enjoy!

Helen x

 

[pdrobber]

welcome

 

[Redstrike]

Welcome, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your Cherryhead RF and soon to be a Yellowfoot owner.

One of the best references I purchased is Mike Pingleton's book. He covers redfoots extensively, and has only a brief section on yellowfoots, but it might be something you and your family would be interested in. It's easy to read and very informative.
http://www.pingleton.com/redfoot/redfoots.htm

I've lost track of how many recommendations I've made for that book, so if I've already told you to pick up a copy, I apologize in advance for sounding like a broken record

A good free resource, that I'm sure you've already navigated:
https://sites.google.com/site/tortoiselibrary/

Good luck!

 

[bigred]

I have only recently become familiar with tortoises. Honestly I never even realized there was a real difference between turtles and tortoises (embracing to admit). I became an admirer of the tortoise by virtue of my 9 year old daughter. We got her a cherry head red foot for Christmas. Prior to purchasing her red foot I did so much research and spoke to numerous reptile owners before make the decision that a tortoise was a good fit for a 9 year old girl. I think what worried me the most was the life span of a tortoise. She (at 9yrs of age) would be making a commitment to keeping this animal for the rest of her life.
I have changed my opinion now. Next week my husband I will be getting our very own yellow foot to raise for ourselves.

Yes they are pretty kool, I started out with a male and female redfoot and now I have 7 and 2 radiated tortoises

 

[Yash Raj]

Welcome.