I'm sorry to have caused some misunderstanding of my 3 RF torts of being Pyramided, I think this was the effects of poor lighting angles & shadows. To clarify the matters I am posting some most recent outdoors pictures of them in natural lighting to show their carapace are in fine & healthy...
Hi, fellow tort lovers, it's been several months since I last visited & posted. I thought I would share the growth progress of my first baby of 2.4 years & 2 RF of 14 months respectively, I would like your opinion.....
Yes, all 3 RF cohabitate in the same enclosure but the smallest one is most active & he eats with the others & appears to have a healthy appetite & defecates normally & regularly which is most puzzling to me. This particular tortoise when first came to my care was extremely light weigh of only...
I have 3 red foot tortoises & 2 believed to be growing at a normal rate, the 2 1/2 year old is at 2.3 kilograms while another of 1 year is close is over 660 grams but the third is stunted at only slightly over 520 grams also at one year of age & his coloration is darker I believe of another...
I love a happy ending, I have a question about do red foots needs constant or just 3-4 times weekly of natural direct sunlight? I try to give my RF's at lease 3 days per week of natural outdoors sunlight for an hour- 90 minutes even at temperatures of only 68-71 degrees. Is it necessary or...
I'm in warmer climates so it's an open top enclosure CHE lamp although this might retain less humidity but I manually keep moistures up every several hours. Night & day heating lamps are on at they respective time periods, I keep living plants in dirt to maintain moisture levels & I also keep a...
You are absolutely right, pet shop keepers & employees does not actually raise their animals beyond a certain stage of growth & selling point. I was told my Red foot tortoise doesn't eat certain thing but this wasn't true when I researched more & fed them beyond the advice given, the way pet...
Someone at a reptile pet shop once mentioned if a tortoise eats too much they can get fat & said you can tell if flesh starts to protrude out & they have trouble retracting their limps, since I haven't seen a fat tortoise before I was wondering how to prevent it happening...
Hi, I keep 3 red foot tortoises 1 yearling & 2 juveniles. I've only been keeping tortoises for under 2 years & like to know how to tell if my red foots are fat from over eating, I feed them a large variety & assortments of feeds other than Mazuri tortoise diets & they get several hours weekly to...
The demand for males & females torts depends on the purpose of different individual, I believe the male to females ratio isn't 50/50 as someone previously mentioned more like 65/35 in favor of females. Your chances are higher if you specify the sex you desire when ordering from a reputable...
Thank you for sharing this, yes from what I learned & believe female tortoises are intentionally being produced for easier management & they tend to co-exist more harmoniously together when acquired in pairs. I believe the majority of the arguments arises from having two or more males behaving...
Thanks for your input, I have stopped trying to determine their sex at such early stage. 50/50 chances is much better than I would have estimated to be, I should be more concerned of having too many male tortoises in a group instead.
Hi, I have purchased all 3 of my red foot tortoises from a reptile pet supply shop in the past 2-3 years & it appears most likely " not yet confirmed" all to be females. What are my odds of finding males in the bunch at stores? I suspect by watching & reading from social media breeders...
That sounds pretty amazing, I keep patches of lawn grasses in a flat pan seems to work well & holds moistures longer & low maintenance. The babies enjoys getting on it too cool off & some time relief themselves there but isn't interested in chewing on them though, I rotate from different pans of...
Yes, I think buy the thermostat is a smart move because by turning the heat lamps on & off might reduce it's lifespan. but I don't know anything about regulating energy by electrical flow to reduce these CHE or ceramic heat emitters out puts though, I keep live plants & grass in moist soil to...