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    Ideas for watering holes outdoor enclosure

    Hey Tom, thanks for the link...funny, my husband gets shirts from academy. how do you keep these clean?. I've got two 3 year old redfoots and they are constantly trashing their water. We currently use a large terra cotta tray and they are in a large baby pool on our porch, but we will be moving...
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    Ideas for humidity?

    Thanks everyone for the ideas!
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    Ideas for humidity?

    Looking for some ideas to keep a higher humidity for my 1 year old redfoots when "winter" comes. We live in Tampa FL and the tortoises are kept outside most of the time (protected), but soon our humidity will decrease to low for them. I'm looking for easier ideas other than spritzing the...
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    Hello from Tampa

    Hello. Yes, I've been soaking them everyday and offering fruit. The one that wasn't eating ate a good bit today (strawberry, cantaloupe & dandelion). She seems much more shy than the other one so I will need to keep an eye on her. I hand fed her the fruit. Thanks for all your help so far.
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    Hello from Tampa

    Hi Zeropilot and thank you. I have read a lot of conflicting information about what type of temperature and care they need, it is quite frustrating. Ranging from they need a hot spot and need to bask to that they don't, and just need it warm and humid like you mentioned. We already pretty...
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    Hello from Tampa

    Just purchased two little red foots from a pet shop for a Christmas gift for my son (and for our family, I know pet shop is not the best source). My guess is they are about 6 months old. Still getting heat stabilized as we have a little cold snap here. Hoping with our humidity care isn't...
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