WHAT IS THIS??

[Kelly71]

 

[mikeylazer]

Can you possibly take one of just the top of the head?

 

[Kelly71]

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
I will try tomorrow to take a better pic? lol And I have to say sorry again the site I saw the mixes was http://www.theturtlesource.com/i.asp?id=300200550&p=Platinum-Yellow-Leucistic-Red-Footed-Tortoise? The Turtle Source? Thanks Sorry for the mix ups? lol

 

[mikeylazer]

No it lacks the prefrontal scale that the redfoots have. Notice the two parallel scutes leading to the nostrils.

 

[mikeylazer]

Hi,
I will try tomorrow to take a better pic? lol And I have to say sorry again the site I saw the mixes was http://www.theturtlesource.com/i.asp?id=300200550&p=Platinum-Yellow-Leucistic-Red-Footed-Tortoise? The Turtle Source? Thanks Sorry for the mix ups? lol

What that shows is hypo redfoots. They arent a mix thats just what hypo red foots look like. You definitely have a yellowfoot.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
Yes but he does have a small one after those before the nostrils? lol

 

[mikeylazer]

Hi,
Yes but he does have a small one after those before the nostrils? lol

That can occur. Redfoots have a scale that goes from the top extending around the nostrils. Yours does not show that scale.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
It looks like a scale going over the top of the nostrils after the 2 long ones? Thanks

 

[mikeylazer]

From what I see in the picture that is not the case.

 

[mikeylazer]

If you get an above shot of the head tomorrow that can further confirm it, but i am certain that what you have is a yellowfoot.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
Sorry that is an old pic and I just really started seeing it good. The one vet I took him to said he had one but I could not see it yet? lol
Now I have just started seeing it good? Thanks

 

[mikeylazer]

Take a pic tomorrow but the vet was wrong. They can be hard to dicern from each other but this one is obviously a yellow. Trust me.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
The vet never did say what he was just that he had another small scale after the 2 long ones? Do you have a Yellowfoot? Thanks

 

[mikeylazer]

My girlfriend and I have redfoots. I know what the difference is because I have looked closely into it several times because of the yellow coloration of one of ours that we rescued. Yours looks nothing like our reds.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
You seem to know alot about torts, did you look at the first pics of this thread? Do you know what those bubble like swirl marks
are on Sunnys shell and the bottom of the other persons? I have had 2 things told to me what they might be? Thanks

 

[Killerrookie]

Here
See if it's different from mine.

 

[mikeylazer]

Im not sure what it is exactly, but it is nothing to worry about. Almost all tortoises have this. I beleive it has something to do with water, but @Tom may know better. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Killerrookie]

Your tortoise is a Yellow foot for sure and no question about it. Dorsal head view of a red-foot and a Yellow-foots. Red-foots have a single prefrontal scale at the tip of the nose, while yellows have two large prefrontal scales running parallel to one another.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
It is like that but way smaller in size. You can barely make it out over the nose. Thanks