Hi all,
I've been actively pursuing reducing the amount of dust in my tortoises' enclosure (indoor closed chamber). Just wanted to say I noticed my old setup of 3 Ceramic Heat Emitters (CHE's) produced a lot of powdery, white dust on the sliding glass door as they ran. They are an excellent...
Hi all,
I've kept redfoots (4) in the northeastern US for about 9 years. I see a lot of recommendations for cypress and hardwood mulch and coconut coir for our tortoises. I've used both and I have to say I'm concerned with the level of dust present in each. Occasionally I turn-over my mulch...
Was outside with the group and snagged some pictures. @allegraf the mothers are in parentheses.
Mandarin (Oren)
Coagi (?)
Mimosa (Rambutan @cdmay - I recall you had stock in this tortoise)
Rafiki (Lemon Head)
@cdmay @Madkins007 @CharlieM @allegraf @kathyth @Yvonne G @Redfoot NERD @Will @Tom @Markw84 @TechnoCheese
All,
Please find and critique this draft care sheet. I have included a handful of people at the top that I recall conversing with fairly regularly on TFO prior to my previous hiatus or...
So we recently moved and I just completed my tortoise enclosure for my 4 redfoots. My wife accidentally plugged the vacuum cleaner into one of the power supplies that was operating the CHE's of my Herpstat 4 and wreaked that output. I contacted Spyder Robotics...
I use these for moving, thought I would share. As you can see they are unacceptable for long term use based on the size. They do allow us to move and take down the current enclosure.
They've changed noticeably as they grew from hatchlings:
Coagi:
Rafiki:
Mandarin:
Mimosa:
I see some remarkable changes, but they're my tortoises so it's easy for me to see any nuance.
Caring for redfoots in the northeast means I have to keep them indoors 4-6 months a year. Setting up high humidity, sunrise/sunset, and good ambient temperatures for 4 tortoises has always been a challenge - even with a closed chamber enclosure.
Roughly 5 years ago, I invested in a Herpstat 4...
It’s still unseasonably warm in NY so we’re outside enjoying it!
My tortoises love the leaves, each year I pile them into the enclosure for enrichment.
Keeping them inside during cold weather means I’m constantly battling shell rot. While cleaning Rafiki up today I noticed how colorful she...
We’ve had some unseasonably warm weather here. They may look a little dry because... it’s autumn!
You’ll notice a couple are bumpier, I couldn’t tell you why. They’re all in the same conditions...
I'm planning to give my group some Peruvian ground cherry/cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) soon. Didn't know if anyone else had tried this or if there were any concerns?
I rent, so investing in permanent landscaping is not attractive or possible for me. Instead I've been using portable pet fencing; works great!
Mandarin
Mimosa
Coagi
Rafiki
I'll spruce it up this weekend. For now this allows me to come home from work and put the tortoises out for...
A couple weeks back we had a heated post on the Redfoot forum and I was pretty callous with my response, though I do not regret it. Despite the utility of stating my profession in my response, I'm slightly embarrassed I did so. It felt high-horse and arrogant. I think humility is a wonderful...
We were outside today and Coagi was dogging my other two large tortoises (Rafiki is a confirmed egg layer, Mimosa displays very female-like characteristics). Coagi repeatedly would follow the other tort, sniff their rear intently, then come around to their face and bob his(?) head.
The...
I ordered a bunch of seeds and cactus pads from Carolina Pet Supply on June 05. The seeds were promptly delivered however the cactus pads (back ordered) have been a different story.
I have called on four separate occasions spanning the three month wait for a 1lb box of cactus pads. The first...