All my literature says that Redfoot torts should be eating some animal protein like slugs, worms, snails, mealworms and millipedes as the bug section and cat or dog food as the other. What KIND of dog/cat food? Kibble or wet canned? Any ideas would be great! I tried taking Ellie outside in the...
My Tortoise is a non-flashy Redfoot (I just mean she's not a bright ol' cherryhead) but she has squeaked, chirped and everything in between since I first got her. She chirps loudest when she sees me putting out her favourite after-bath snack of strawberries, cherry/and/or/grape tomatoes and...
Do anybody else's tortoises vocalize to the owners? Mine chirps at me quite a bit when I talk to her. It's kinda like she's answering questions. And when she wants out of her soaking tub she taps her beak a few times on the side and looks at me until I take her out. Just wondered if anyone else...
Well I candled both and the first was just a plain old unfertilized egg
And the second I believe is also unfertilized and in the fridge cuz my dad wants to show his friend. Ellie is really kinda on the small size for a 5 year old and to my knowledge has not been bred. I've owned her for...
Well, my young 5 yr old Ellie (redfoot tort) originally gave me her first eggy on Valentine's day. And just now, I passed her tank and said "Give me an Easter Egg!" and went to unpack my groceries and when I came back, she had a big eggy sitting right behind her!
This one is a bit more...
My small 5 yr old red foot just laid her first non-fertile egg yesterday without any apparent problem despite the egg being huge compared to her. I've had an egg bound herp before (leopard gecko) but I sold her because I could afford the vet care to help her pass them. I had no idea my tortoise...
Thanks for all the responses, and to emysemys for moving my post. I actually didn't mean to leave that in the Hermann category. It's been a long time since I've used this format of forums so I wasn't paying attention. And thanks to Tim/Robin .... I wasn't going to breed her for perhaps maybe two...
My 5 yr old Red Foot Tortoise just laid her first unfertilized egg this afternoon and the thing was so hard and calcified it was amazing. I cracked it in a dish to examine it's thickness and it was several millimeters thick. It was very difficult to break. But as for developing eggs it's okay to...
I'm really new to Tortoise keeping. I've only had my 1st (red foot) for 2 or 3 years. She's about 6 inches long and still on the small side weight and in all other ways. I wasn't even 100% of her gender but she confirmed her sex for me by laying a single perfect egg this afternoon! Boy, was I...
I'm Kirsten, I used to be on here a few years ago under a different name but I forgot what it was so I'm re-registering.
Happy Herping!
XOX from me and Ellie (5 yr old Red Footed Tortie )