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    Red footed tortoise help from expert

    hi, I’m interested in purchasing a adult red footed tortoise at a expo later this month. I really want someone who raises them to give me some info on temps and humidity for an adult, substrate , food , water, soaks, etc?
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    Does he look healthy?

    I’m thinking about adopting this sulcata. Me and my husband recently lost our hatchling due to a bad vet. This sulcata is said to be 15 years old. The owner said he kept him in a room with a ambient temp of 80 degrees. Does he look big enough for 15? Is his pyramiding bad?
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    Help (skin coming off? sore foot?)

    The vet I took him to was a reptile vet /: the only other one near me has horrible reviews.
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    Help (skin coming off? sore foot?)

    Also the vet gave me ciprofloxacin hydrochloride ophthalmic soilion to put in his nose twice daily for 10 days in case he has a upper respiratory infection.
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    Help (skin coming off? sore foot?)

    hi, I recently posted about my baby sulcata who recently started losing skin on his back foot and his tail. He was at the vet a week or two before this happened. The vet took blood work which came back fine and gave him a vitamin A and calcium injection. I’ve been soaking him daily and cleaning...
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    Help (skin coming off? sore foot?)

    He’s eating a bit right now. Just seems to fall asleep in his food after one bite.
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    Help (skin coming off? sore foot?)

    my temps are at 90 and the ambient temp is 80. I have a 10.0 uvb light in the enclosure. I use coco coir substrate. I use a humidifier which makes the humidity about 60% ( I’m in the process of bringing the humidity up just having a hard time keeping the temps high with high humidity ) I have...
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    Is this normal?

    I was soaking my baby sulcata tortoise and I decided to clean his face with a q-tip cause it was stained dark green and now there’s white spots? I uploaded a couple photos.
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    Need help with baby sulcata

    Plastic tubber ware lid soft
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    Need help with baby sulcata

    Another thing the vet said to me was that his shell seemed soft to her. He’s definitely under 6 months of age. He’s getting uvb and calcium powder on his food. Is it normal to have a softer shell at this age or should I be worried?
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    Need help with baby sulcata

    The temp on the basking side is about 100 and the opposite side is about 80 right now. I called another vet and they told me he doesn’t need high humidity?? I’m so confused. They said a sulcata tortoise is from the dryest part of Africa where is rarely rains.
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    Need help with baby sulcata

    Ok so they gave him the calcium and vitamin A shots a sub q fluid shot and took blood. Waiting on the blood results. They also gave me medicine to put in his nose cause they think he might have a upper respiratory infection but if the blood count comes back high they want to do a different...
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    Need help with baby sulcata

    i have a baby sulcata tortoise. I received him in October at a exotic pet show. I’ve done some research on this forum to get the environment correct but I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing still. My substrate is coco coir. I have a 10.0 uvb bulb which is 18 inches long. I have a 150 watt...
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