I just recently moved my 2 year old female, Immy, inside for the winter and it has been a struggle to get her enclosure "just right". I've attached a pic and would really like some opinions. I used a converted bookshelf lined with garbage bags. I started with one ceramic heat emitter and just...
She is not being treated for parasites, I took her in for a check up. I just wondered if there was any truth to the whole idea of not keeping the majority of the enclosure humid but rather using a humidity box that they would use on their own, as they instinctively feel that they need it.
So, I just took my 2 year old red foot to the vet. I have been using moss, cypress mulch and garden soil for substrate. The vet suggested to use newspaper instead, providing a type of "humidity hutch" made from a large plastic container that she said the tortoise would use as needed. According...
Thanks for the suggestions Last night I mashed up some puréed pumpkin with a little bit of banana and a lot of very finely chopped spring mix and he gobbled it up!
It is a repti glo 5.0. I grabbed it the day I got him bc I knew the bulb he had hadn't been replaced in 2 years and had lost its uvb. I know it's not the best, I leave it on about 8 hours a day. Suggestions for the best bulb to use?
I recently acquired a 2 year old red foot. Wanted to get opinions on his enclosure. I know it is a tad small, or will be soon. I am moving in a month or two and am waiting until then to make something larger. I'm using a mix of peat moss, garden soil and cypress mulch. Before I got him he just...
New tortoise owner here. I brought my red foot home about a week ago. He is two years old, and his old owner gave him banana every day. He will eat that, and pretty much any fruit if I hand feed him while he is soaking- I have been soaking everyday, just placing him in his water dish with fresh...
I may go ahead and wait. I already soaked him today and he is all burrowed again already lol. He has been such a trooper with all of the changes in the last 24 hours with the move and new enclosure. I don't want to push it hah
I figured that was the case, thanks for the reply. I am just anxious to get him outside, he is about two years old and his old owner never took him out. Later in the week we are supposed to have warmer temps, I'll just wait until then.
Hello all, I am the proud new owner of a red footed tortoise. I was wondering, how warm does it need to be outside before I can bring him out for 15 or 20 minutes to explore and get some sun? It is about 60 degrees where I live today, very sunny, and I know that's too cool for them in general...