return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
 
click here for Rodent Pro
Mice, Rats, Rabbits, Chicks, Quail
Available Now at RodentPro.com!
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday! . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Milk Snake . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Dec 04, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Calusa Herp Society Meeting - Dec 05, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Dec 07, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Kentucky Reptile Expo - Dec. 07, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - Dec 08, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Dec 15, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Dec 17, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Dec 21, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Bay Area Herpetological Society Meeting - Dec 27, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Dec 28, 2024 . . . . . . . . . . 
Join USARK - Fight for your rights!
full banner - advertise here .50¢/1000 views
Layne Labs - Natural Diets for Pets & Wildlife
pool banner - $50 year

RE: very little difference

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Red & Yellow Foot Tortoises ] [ Reply To This Message ]
[ Register to Post ]

Posted by: mayday at Tue Aug 30 14:27:44 2005  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mayday ]  
   



Do 'true' dwarfs exist? I doubt it. It seems that most of the really small cherryheads imported in 1984 eventually, with lots of food and care, grew to be about 'normal' sized redfoots.
Having said that, I spoke to Joe Terry at the recent Expo and he insisted that one of his pairs is very small even though they have been in captivity for many years. But then, I have seen imported redfoots from Suriname and Guyana that were also unusually small for adults too. I think there are some that are just runts in any population.
As far as keeping the two forms together you can---but I would try to avoid interbreeding.


   

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Hide Replies ]


>> Next topic:  Adding two new cherry heads to adult male normal RF - pavochavo, Tue Aug 30 13:25:14 2005
<< Previous topic:  Cherryhead hatchling???? - CMA, Sat Aug 27 10:24:53 2005