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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    Yes, i have a wood "house" that i used in past years. Tomorrow i put it in the corner of enclosure. In past years some nights he slept in an some nights outside.
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    We stay at the second floor..the only possible predators are birds and they can't pass the net
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    Thank you. Yes is on balcony..the ouside enclosure has a net to close the top.
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    Hi guys, he continued to eat like a dragon. Now in North italy finally the summer is arrived. During day temperature is betwenn 28 to 30 °C. During nights temperature drop to 20 °C. It's ok if i leave him outside definitely (day and night). Obviously only for summer period. Thanks
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    Beautiful tortoise!! He didn't walk today..i see today he stayed in the corner of the enclosure, that is always in shade, and look around like your Besha. If I take him in other place of enclosure he walk or sit under plants. In the indoor enclosure he wake up early in the morning and stay on...
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    The enclosure..i hope two weeds in pots will grow during the season. I remove the "house" because if he goes in he sleep in all day!!!
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    An update. After the tooth cut, in the last three weeks he continued to eat a lot. Greens (a lot), endive, sugarloaf, pineapple, mushrooms, tomatoes, kiwi, mazuri, hybiscus flowers. He eat like a dragon!!! The sustained diet made him gain 18% weight in 3 weeks!!!! I think with the next week he...
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    In a shop in Romagna..the place where i take the tort 6 years ago..i think they have an online shop..minizoo rinaldi
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    A big update!! Sunday i snipped off by myself the "tooth" with nail clippers! Five minutes later he start to eat a lot..i think the tooth in addition to hindering the bites,it did not close the beak completely. Now are five days that he eat a lot. He has never eaten so much!!mushrooms , clover...
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    An update..we call the vet and we wait..the problem is that the "tooth" start to broken at the base..he also has a lot of pain when eating because with every bite withdraws his head and legs
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    Thank you very much. I think is genetic because was grow since he was 2 years old. I try but is impossibile to open mouth..i block the neck with finger and i try to force he to open mouth but he doesn't.
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    Is difficult to see in those pictures. It is much longer than you can see in the pictures because the low quality
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    I found two screenshots from the video that I make fore you some weeks ago. In this pictures isn't very clear but is an extension in the withe part of tip of beack
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    I think so but my girlfriend is worried about to make it. Now he sleep. Tomorrow i try to take a picture but is difficult beacause is a sort of teeth at the internal of the tip of beack. The biggest problem is how to keep open the mouth during the cut.
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    Red footed tortoise don't eat fruit and general eating problems

    The mouth after diluited betadine treatment is better but the cut in the mouth is still open for a extra part of beack that the veterinary didn't want cut!!!! That start to brocken
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