Pics of Redfoots, Cherryheads, and a question about "Blonde redfoots"

[Scincoides]

Here's a few pictures of each of our Redfoots and Cherryheads. Some of these have been here for years, some are recent acquisitions. We have 6 redfoots and 4 Cherryheads. These are absolutely my favorite of the tortoises that we keep, they have such big personalities. Two of the new ones were sold to me as "blonde" Red foots. My question is, are these just the product of line breeding for lighter color, and what do they look like as adults? Thanks in advance.

 

[Scincoides]

 

[Big Charlie]

Those light colored ones look like they are part sulcata.

 

[Scincoides]

That would certainly be an interesting mix. I just did a side by side look at one of my sulcatas and one of the blonde redfoots, in person I don't see much similarity. I guess time would certainly tell. If they end up growing into 70lb adults, I'll know not to breed these ones.

 

[Scincoides]

Here's a couple more pictures of one of them

 

[turtle mama]

That would certainly be an interesting mix. I just did a side by side look at one of my sulcatas and one of the blonde redfoots, in person I don't see much similarity. I guess time would certainly tell. If they end up growing into 70lb adults, I'll know not to breed these ones.

Occasionally I get a blonde redfoot and I don't have sulcatas

 

[allegraf]

They will darken up and look like normal adults, their areolas May be larger than normal but areola size is something that can be spotted in hatchlings

 

[allegraf]

This is what I mean when I say you can see the potential in hatchlings. Sorry, I couldn’t take pictures of the adults. By the time I got home, the adults were bedded down already. You can see the differences with the hatchlings.