My first tortoise

My friend Ryan of MadCity Reptiles had two cherry head tortoise for sale and I just couldn't resist. My little guy was just so adorable I had to pull the trigger. So I added little Albert to my collection this weekend. Isn't he just the cutest. :love:

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AWWW!!! :love:

I am dying for a leopard tortoise myself. One day...... :D

Congrats! Looks awesome!

I LOVE love love red foots! Your cherry head is adorable, congrats! I have a 4-5 year old red foot, they are really social once they get out of that awkward "everything wants to eat me because I'm so small" stage. Mine walks up to me anytime I go out to the yard. She just waddles her way over, it's so cute. :aww:

Omg he's the cutest little thing I've ever seen!! I've had a pretty rough day today and was feeling kinda down but seeing your little cutie just raised my spirits very high :) thank you so much for sharing.


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Originally Posted by Evenstar

AWWW!!! :love:

I am dying for a leopard tortoise myself. One day...... :D

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Thank you! :)

I really like the leopard tortoises too. I think my favorite is the Indian Star Tortoise. They are really nice as adults. :)

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Originally Posted by satomi325

Congrats! Looks awesome!

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Thank you! :)

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Originally Posted by LGray23

I LOVE love love red foots! Your cherry head is adorable, congrats! I have a 4-5 year old red foot, they are really social once they get out of that awkward "everything wants to eat me because I'm so small" stage. Mine walks up to me anytime I go out to the yard. She just waddles her way over, it's so cute. :aww:

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Thank you! :)

I can't wait for him to reach that stage. I've heard they can be trained and having a little tortoise that comes when called would be the cutest. :D

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Omg he's the cutest little thing I've ever seen!! I've had a pretty rough day today and was feeling kinda down but seeing your little cutie just raised my spirits very high :) thank you so much for sharing.


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Thank you!

I'm glad he could make your day a little better. ^__^

Totes Adorbs! :love: Ty for sharing. Gratz on the little one. :) :gj:

Grats on the new pickup, torts are great! I have a couple suggestions for the setup though. These are South American torts and thrive in high humidity situations. Cypress mulch is one of the best substrates in my opinion for such creatures. Sphagnum moss is also great when given a quick soak, squeezed out, then stuffed into a hide. I see you're misting, that's good - mist often and liberally. I'd also suggest putting some sort of cover on most of the lid to help trap in as much of that moisture as possible between misting sessions.

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Totes Adorbs! :love: Ty for sharing. Gratz on the little one. :) :gj:

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Thank you! :)

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Originally Posted by John1982

Grats on the new pickup, torts are great! I have a couple suggestions for the setup though. These are South American torts and thrive in high humidity situations. Cypress mulch is one of the best substrates in my opinion for such creatures. Sphagnum moss is also great when given a quick soak, squeezed out, then stuffed into a hide. I see you're misting, that's good - mist often and liberally. I'd also suggest putting some sort of cover on most of the lid to help trap in as much of that moisture as possible between misting sessions.

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Thank you! :)

I've only had him a few days and I'm already not happy with the repti-bark. Right now I'm misting 3-4 times a day and most of the top is covered and I am still have humidity issues. I will be switching to cypress mulch soon. Thank you for the tip on the moss, I will have to pick some of that up too. :)