http://forums.kingsnake.com/forum.php?catid=251 Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of these tortoises. Show off your tortoises and upload your pictures to our Tortoise Photo Gallery! Don't forget to check out our other tortoise related forums. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service. Articles of interest: The Red-Footed Tortoise Fire Safety Finding a Good Herp Veterinarian Preventing Transmission of Salmonella http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111703,2111703 My kids Redfoot's head has turned white in the 3 weeks since we got it, just the top. What does that mean? Also does it have "pyrimiding"? Is that bad? Is it normal? Is it diet or other habitat conditions? Is it ok to put vegetable oil on the shell? Is it ok to wash the shell with wha... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111023,2111023 Hatched a red foot two weeks ago. Just not eating. Make just nibble a bite here or there. Looks great, runs around but shows only limited interest in food. From parents I hatched 15 years back. Don't remember those not starting to eat in two weeks. Yolk sac absorbed. Keeping in 70 to 85 degree varia... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2010659,2010659 Does anyone have an amazon yellowfoot female that they would be willing to sell? I have a male that I would really love to try and breed. Thanks, Tyler http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2008532,2008532 Is there any difference in the husbandry between the two? What about size? I´ve read a lot of different statements regarding the ave. size and max size of the two. How cold can they live at night, before they will have a respiratory infection? I live in Denmark, so it can get quite cold even in t... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2006975,2006975 Ive decided I want to go ahead with getting a redfoot hatchling. Im almost done with making sure my set-up is ready. Theres a reptile expo here in Chicago in two weeks. Is that a good place to purchase as apposed to buying on the internet? mike http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2003923,2003923 ok folks, id like to first say im not new to reptiles. ive been keeping and breeding reptiles for years. i bred eastern box's back in 97-99 and have been breeding snakes since then. i decided to pick up a redfoot hatchling back in september from a show i was vending at. the baby(chomper my kids cal... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2003601,2003601 Anyone interested in caring for two red foots for four weeks Feb. 2013 ? Newmarket , Toronto , Canada area . Nine inch male , eight inch female . TKS. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2000282,2000282 looking for info on humidity and temps for redfoot incubation...thanks-----Michael Enriquez Enriquez Reptiles http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1996623,1996623 Hi. I had a red foot tort and it prolapsed. And we just found out we could of saved it!! I was told prepreation H on it would have worked on it. Does anyone else heard of this? We have another tort and want to make sure if this happens again we can save it. We are so torn up about we could o... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1988169,1988169 I have recently noticed that my redfoot has diarea and im not sure what it causing it. I havnt really changed anything in its diet and im pretty sure it didnt get ahold of anything by accedent cause i havnt let run free in awhile due to busy scheadual and fear of what could happen if left alone to r... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1980009,1980009 My Redfoot is 6 years old and very healthy, eats a good diet of high-calcium greens, has her UVB and heat lights in her habitat. She has never had any health issues, but recently as the weather has been getting hot I started letting her out in the yard to exercise and graze on grass and dandelions (... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1979466,1979466 Couple more clutches to go here......Mine normally Don't lay in June and July but have gotten eggs in every other month in past years.....Post some of your offspring for 2012-( Here is mine thus far)----Richard -----Richard -amazoa- "Changes in behavior occur when the pain of staying the... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1973385,1973385 Hi all. This is my first post here in the red and yellow foot forum. I´m really a snakeguy, but i have been fascinated but the chelonoidis for a long time. Now i will be getting a pair soon. I was wondering about the pond/pool for them. Is it ok to make it so deep so they can swim? or should i m... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1971472,1971472 Could I house a yellowfoot and a burmese black mountain (or brown mountain) together? http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1958894,1958894 What causes it? Can I stop it? And will it grow out as she getes older? She's 3 and was raised till this point in north central pa! We're now in florida where she lives mostly outside! http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1958577,1958577 So can I add frogs,lizards any other critters t keep her company? We've had her almost two years,and she seems lonely! http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1945372,1945372 I purchase this red foot at a Petsmart where he/she was sharing a tiny tank with a Russian tortoise. He is 6" long and has some pyramiding. I am researching on how to provide the best possible home for him! Any advice/info would be appreciated! Especially is it a PETE or a PETUNIA!! http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1930457,1930457 She got into the garden so I took some pictures before pulling her out. Eyeballing the girls' toes. Nope, decided against it. By the way, the "she" is pure speculation. Nana was found wandering the yard of a coworker and when noone claimed her after a few days she was brought... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1930401,1930401 HI, I had to lower my humidity in her enclosure for awhile because she was getting small fungus spots and that was with brand new cypress mulch. The fungus cleared up and I have had the humidity up for awhile now. But I think she started to get bumby while the humidity was low. What do you think abo... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1929359,1929359 ...what do you think.... -----Michael Enriquez