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Our red foot tortoises penis was rather 'caked' with substrate we noticed today on getting him out for a bath. We use coco fibre substrate for them. We were able to gently clean most of it off using a spray water bottle & cotton bud, but there is still some left on the tip. Also, he seems to...

Thanks for the advice. Maybe I'll give the worms a try

Thanks for the reply @Anyfoot . We are currently giving them cooked egg or tuna once a week, is this ok or too often? Do you cut up there protein or put it in whole?

@Anyfoot can i ask what you give you redfoots as a protein source and how often you give it to them? many thanks, murran

Yeah we give them a bath every day.

Ok Thank you , good to know I thought he would end up having it for life.

Yeah it's rated a 600 watts so should be ample for the job. I wondered if you had any thoughts on the crease on boss's shell, Have you see anything like this before?

We have ceramic holders, I need to get the cages and brackets to attach to the roof.. We have a themostat it's a Kosovo one, will it be ok?

@Anyfoot Moss and Bailey Moss has a strange crease on his shell, he had it when we got him from the pet shop. They are growing quickly, hence the need to get the new enclosure built. As for more redfoots, let's see how we get on with these two first.

A cleaved thought, would make it difficult for attaching light and cleaning but I see where you are coming from. Our redfoots are currently in the biggest really useful box they make until I get this built, the roof always has condensation on it so I think a pitched roof is the way to go. Thank...

Thanks for the advice, after seeing the condensation on the roof of your Viv I may pitch it so the moisture runs down back into the substrate

Yeah I have looked at divs but like you say the are quite expensive. In quite happy to build something that way I can build it to our needs.

No I am going to build the enclosure, I've been wondering what to paint the walls with. I am planning on using plywood to build it out of.

@Anyfoot Thanks for the reply Can I ask where you got the rubber paint from, off the net? I was going to use yacht varnish for the walls would rubber paint serve me better? I'll go with the two 200'S . After seeing that thread I will pretty much follow what you have done there but with larger...

Im just about to start a build on a new enclose for our two redfoots. The dimensions will be 8ftx4ft I am wondering how many ceramic heaters I will need of what wattage for the space. I live in the UK and the house can get quite cold at certain times of the day in the winter. It will be a...