GGambleGG
New Member
Never had a redfoot before but this guy came from a shitty pet store on Christmas Eve and his shells looking pretty dismal to say the absolute least, he’s staying wet and warm and someone said coconut oil on him will help but what else can we dooooooooooo, he’s been getting soaks and kinda eats when he wants but I haven’t seen any poop in the soak but his little butt is clean and he seems like a pretty happy lil guy but I just am kinda new to the tortoise game but not the reptile game so I’m not a shell expert but I’m pretty sure they should be smooth? I’m tryna hydrate him the best I can and get him all the d3 he can’t absorb. I’ll attach picturesbut:
A) is it too late
B) What do I do
C) does anyone know how to tell their gender or age
This is my first Tort and I think Im doing everything I can for him but I’ve never dealt with shells, I don’t see any cracking or flaking but it’s just rough af and from what I’ve read everywhere that’s no good so if anyones dealt with it before or has any tips they would be greatllyyyyyyy appreciated since now on top of the typical “first species worry warding” I’m spun out about a nutrient deficiency. I knew ahead of time what the case was and I could have not had to deal with the headache and just gone to Petco and got the one that’s been sitting in 60 degeess at 30 humidity since I started building a tort table or ordered one online, but me and this one had a lil moment of eye contact when I bought my spider and knew he was my dude and I’d have to scoop him, I just figured since he was out and about and eating that he was a safe buy but after some direction from people on here, and bouncing around to a few places with people who at least had information I could use to compare and take the similarities as good info I have him in a setup that he should be happy in but by all means take a look at the pics and send some constructive criticism, I’ve already pissed of the ol lady with the budget but I’ll spend whatever I have to go get him back to 100% I have him in a clear tote right now with a substrate salad of the forest floor and reptisoil stuff mixed like 75:25 and then like an inch of the fine coconut stuff across the top. Feel free to lend lighting tips as well, I’m pretty competent so despite being new I feel I’ve done the homework to be able to keep a tort and keep him comfy but I think I went in over my head with how bad I keep hearing his shell looks. I’m not an asshole so if the consensus is he needs to be like professionally treated I’ll find someone around me that has the experience to help but I’m just not 100% sure how bad it really is! Thank you guys in advance
the 2nd to last pic is the place I intended to have as his warm area/hideout and the last pic is where he’s currently chillin under his basking spot/pool
A) is it too late
B) What do I do
C) does anyone know how to tell their gender or age
This is my first Tort and I think Im doing everything I can for him but I’ve never dealt with shells, I don’t see any cracking or flaking but it’s just rough af and from what I’ve read everywhere that’s no good so if anyones dealt with it before or has any tips they would be greatllyyyyyyy appreciated since now on top of the typical “first species worry warding” I’m spun out about a nutrient deficiency. I knew ahead of time what the case was and I could have not had to deal with the headache and just gone to Petco and got the one that’s been sitting in 60 degeess at 30 humidity since I started building a tort table or ordered one online, but me and this one had a lil moment of eye contact when I bought my spider and knew he was my dude and I’d have to scoop him, I just figured since he was out and about and eating that he was a safe buy but after some direction from people on here, and bouncing around to a few places with people who at least had information I could use to compare and take the similarities as good info I have him in a setup that he should be happy in but by all means take a look at the pics and send some constructive criticism, I’ve already pissed of the ol lady with the budget but I’ll spend whatever I have to go get him back to 100% I have him in a clear tote right now with a substrate salad of the forest floor and reptisoil stuff mixed like 75:25 and then like an inch of the fine coconut stuff across the top. Feel free to lend lighting tips as well, I’m pretty competent so despite being new I feel I’ve done the homework to be able to keep a tort and keep him comfy but I think I went in over my head with how bad I keep hearing his shell looks. I’m not an asshole so if the consensus is he needs to be like professionally treated I’ll find someone around me that has the experience to help but I’m just not 100% sure how bad it really is! Thank you guys in advance
the 2nd to last pic is the place I intended to have as his warm area/hideout and the last pic is where he’s currently chillin under his basking spot/pool