Recent content by Kasper2reds

Hello, i also live in Illinois, near chicago. i started with one juvy redfoot about 4 years ago. i also wanted a companion for him so about a year after i got Duke, i purchased a hatchling cherry head, Dutch. the first 2 years everything was fine, for the most part they stayed away from each...

Finished product, thanks for your input!

Did you have any issues with bugs in the topsoil? I tried that a couple years ago and found it crawling with these annoying little white bugs.

Hello, i recently built a 4x8 enclosure for my 2 juvy redfoods. they are currently in a 2x4 enclosure that is filled with forest floor woodchips from the pet store. seeing as this new enclosure is 4 times the sq footage as the old, does anyone have any recommendations for substrate that is...

Thanks everyone for the helpful info

I have 2 redfoots and i just moved them to their outdoor summer home.. is it safe to plant dandelion from the lawn in their enclosure so they have something to snack on when i am at work? or can i purchase dandelion seed somewhere??

I'm trying to work my redfoot up to eating pinkys. Didn't think he was big enough yet but he looks to be about the same size as yours so maybe this weekend he will get a special treat. Excellent video

I find that using basic indoor fly traps work great, I hang one from the top of the enclosure so that it's high enough and out of reach for my reds, and I must admit it catches plenty of those annoying little gnats. I find them at Home Depot usually

Gave duke and Dutch a nice little rock garden in their enclosure. Theve been roughing it up all day.

Use photobucket and just copy and paste the image code. Seems to work the best for many

Thanks for the input everyone. I will clean out the cage this weekend and replace the coco coir with some fresh coir. I will also continue to hang the fly ribbons until I notice it not catching many gnats. I like the pitcher plant idea too, I'll will make a visit to whole foods over the...

I'm having a gnat problem with my indoor redfoot enclosure. Is there some kind of bug or lizard or frog I can put in the cage that will help get rid of the bugs but not harm my tort? Any suggestions would be appreciated. It's near impossible to wipe them all out by changing the substrate or...

My redfoot "duke" was my first tortoise. When i took him home from the pet store I quickly setup his enclose. My roomate at the time was just as excited as i was to see him in his new home. He asked if he could take him out of the box and hold him while i finished setting up his cage.. Before we...

No problem zergy, thanks for the nice comments all!

Hey zergy, I have a baby cherry head that will be one year old on April 20. He currently weighs 4oz and is 3 1/4 inch length down his plastron.