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  1. Capybara25

    Bioactive / Planted Enclosure

    Hi Pearly, I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to respond to all of my questions. This is exactly the type of help I was looking for, and I'm really grateful for your advice! I'll definitely take all of your suggestions - I've gone ahead and ordered a mesh screen on amazon to prevent...
  2. Capybara25

    Bioactive / Planted Enclosure

    Hello Tortoise Forum! I've spent a lot of time lately researching bioactive and planted indoor tortoise enclosures. I'd like to create one of my own for my 4 month old redfoot. I have found a great deal of conflicting information, and I was hoping I could get some input from those of you who...
  3. Capybara25

    Please help identify shell rot

    Hello! I'm hoping someone can help identify if this is shell rot or not on my little guy. I'm thinking the white spots are shell rot, is that correct? Is the grey part of his plastron normal, or is that an issue also? From what I've read so far, it seems like the best treatment is to make sure...
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    Question about checking temperature

    We have half of the top closed and half of it open - we wanted to make sure he had plenty of air circulation. At first it was entirely open but we were having issues maintaining humidity so we covered half of the top and hooked up a humidifier which has done the trick. Our humidity is now always...
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    Question about checking temperature

    Hello! We've had our new redfoot hatchling for about two weeks now and I have a question about checking the temperature of the enclosure. I have one of these instant temperature/humidity gauges clipped onto the side of the enclosure (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0711W37TY/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20)...
  6. Capybara25

    Greetings from a couple of new Redfoot keepers!

    Hello from Phoenix, Arizona! My boyfriend and I became the very proud keepers of an extremely handsome Redfoot hatchling about a week ago. It's been very helpful to turn to Tortoise Forum for guidance while we prepared everything for our little guy. Thank you to everyone for posting such...
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