Some of them do get that peanut shape going, but the one in the pics looks like it might have also had some MBD at
He isn't mine. Someone on Facebook said it was normal. My little guy is only 8 weeks old possibly not 100% tortoise town sent him to me with the skin on his belly still healing from the egg sack. He arrived to me March 8th 2022 at 36grams.He looks a little stunted to me - his limbs and head seem bigger than they ought to for the size of his shell.
Have you had a chance to read one of our care sheets for redfooted tortoises? They're pinned towards the top of our Redfoot section.
So I'm going to build a wooden enclosed enclosure for my little guy and I'll seal the wood with dryloc extreme, I've used flex seal liquid in the past with Osb plywood for a red eared slider turtles 40 gallon pond frame and its 3 years almost and still holding string and stays wet on one side from splash but drys often aswell.He looks a little stunted to me - his limbs and head seem bigger than they ought to for the size of his shell.
Have you had a chance to read one of our care sheets for redfooted tortoises? They're pinned towards the top of our Redfoot section.
What plants shoukd I put inside his enclosure on his level and what plants shoukd I put up on a back shelve in his enclosure for air quality and for humidity ill add moss on the back shelf with the plants for air filtering like spider and pathos plants. Is moss needed to hold humidity in a enclosed tortoise habitat? Or will the clay dish water bowls (98cent clay plant bottom dishes lol) work for adding humidity along with a spray down here and there? With no fogger sense I was told its not healthyHe looks a little stunted to me - his limbs and head seem bigger than they ought to for the size of his shell.
Have you had a chance to read one of our care sheets for redfooted tortoises? They're pinned towards the top of our Redfoot section.
I tried dry lock on a home made wooden tortoise enclosure a few years ago. I applied two coats of Kilz2 primer, and three thick coats of Drylock. The bottom literally rotted and fell out after a year and a half.So I'm going to build a wooden enclosed enclosure for my little guy and I'll seal the wood with dryloc extreme,
So cute. Here's hoping you can get the baby through that or have already Post a pic of the current plastron situation.He isn't mine. Someone on Facebook said it was normal. My little guy is only 8 weeks old possibly not 100% tortoise town sent him to me with the skin on his belly still healing from the egg sack. He arrived to me March 8th 2022 at 36grams.View attachment 343042
Already bought the stuff I'll just have to svae uo for a ovc one for when the one I build breaks.ill keep it on a table to no break threws will happenI tried dry lock on a home made wooden tortoise enclosure a few years ago. I applied two coats of Kilz2 primer, and three thick coats of Drylock. The bottom literally rotted and fell out after a year and a half.
Its cheaper to buy a finished PVC enclosure than to buy the materials and build one yourself.
He looks like a boy. But the shape is oddSome of them do get that peanut shape going, but the one in the pics looks like it might have also had some MBD at some point.
We've all been through that first enclosure. Some of the first ones give you time to learn how to do a really good enclosure. I think that's a big part of the fun. And then to actually get or build the "in duh vidual" that you have, an enclosure, that the tortoise loves to live in is so awesome🌈.Already bought the stuff I'll just have to svae uo for a ovc one for when the one I build breaks.ill keep it on a table to no break threws will happen
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I'm being told they have figure 9 shaped shells. I've only red they have concave bellys (plaster somthing I keep forgetting). Not that the middle sides will sink in....
How's your little guy? Did his plastron get better?🤗He isn't mine. Someone on Facebook said it was normal. My little guy is only 8 weeks old possibly not 100% tortoise town sent him to me with the skin on his belly still healing from the egg sack. He arrived to me March 8th 2022 at 36grams.View attachment 343042
Okay see thays better I fdomt want my guy looking like the one on Facebook I originally posted on here. They said it was normal and I was just devastated I was so sad my 480$ purchase of a awsome tortoise was going to turn into a Frankenstein tortoise lolThis is Julio.
My run of the mill healthy MALE REDFOOT.
There is a hint of an hourglass shape to the sides. A mildly concave plastron and the carapace isn't very tall overall even with his mild pyramiding