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Our Redfoot went through a climbing and flipping faze. We put some smooth flat rocks in the center of his enclosure for a real gradual area he could climb over to entertain him. I'm not are if this helped but he did stop climbing the walls of the enclosure.

Our red foot tortoise, bowser, has an Instagram. You can follow him at Instagram.com/bowser_the_tort.

Nothing abrasive that he walks on. Just coconut coir. My thought was maybe it was from too much moisture in the substrate (battling a little of bit a fungus by his tail). It's such a fine line between high humidity and too much moisture in the soil! The fading is really only on his two front...

Does anyone know what can cause the red scales on my redfoots arms to fade too almost a white color? My guess would be it has something to do with vitamins/diet or uv light (which he does have). But would like to correct as soon as possible Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Ok, so I called the vet today to get some more info on the results of his test. Turns out I was wrong and that it is a bacterial RI. I asked for a description of what was found in the test. The receptionist pulled the file and it said "moderate number of gram posive rods and occasional...

Thanks for the help. I turned the humidifier off to help dry out and right now the top doesn't have anything covering it to help with air flow. I'll try to find a way to raise the night time temp up another 5 degrees to be around 80-85. I asked the vet what kind of RI it was and he said...

We just got our baby Redfoot about a week ago. He has been so much fun to watch and has a great personality. I am wondering if some of the experienced red foot owners could help could critique his enclosure and help with his Respiratory Infection which he got a few days after we got him...