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Charlie is one year old now and something has changed. First he now like to really climb, He is so large he can't turn back over when he flips, and I recently had to give him a larger hide and he won't go in it at all. Now I can't seem to get him to poop. I soak him twice a day , 30 minutes each...

I have 2 Cherry head red foot tortoises, Once a month I give them live mealworms. I used to have a mealworm farm for my Sugar gliders. Anyway, I learned that if the tortoises don't eat all the mealworms, the worms go down into the substrate and turn into the mealworm beetles. I was feeding my...

I have a VERY picky Cherry head, age 5 months old, some times he/she eats great and then other times, just walks away. I have two Cherry heads same age, but from 2 different hatches. One is now almost 1/3 larger and eats like a Pig, the other is so picky. The larger one is growing great, my...

While soaking my baby (5 months old) Cherry head, I noticed tine mites(I think) walking all over shell. How do I get rid of them. I will be changing her substrate tonight, She has the dirt I had to soak that came in a brick and coco shell as her substrate. I keep her /him clean. He /she Poops...

While watching Charlie soak to day I noticed he/she had a heart on the forehead. so cute.

What is the best substrate for red foots inside. I keep hearing all kinds of different things. Right now I am using zoo Med forest floor and I need to reorder, I was wondering if something is better?

I just built a greenhouse inside encloser for my two Cherry heads, It seems to be too hot, 91*+ on the hot side, the humidity is at 70-75% and higher, is this right? the cool side is at 80*

I have had my two Cherry heads for a month now,(both hatchings) they get there morning soak, sometimes afternoon too. But I learned, if you make sure the water is warm , then soak and wait till it starts to cool, then replace it with warm again, they poop right away. My largest one (Rizzo)...

I'm new to this, I have two Cherry heads, in separate black tubs, I have the forest floor substrate, and each tub has a zoo med humidifier. It goes 24/7. I noticed since I have screen cover over the tubs to keep in the humidity everything is very wet on the side with the humidifier. Is this...

I went to the Bronx Zoo today, to the butterfly house, there were red foot and yellow foot tortoises there, with a lot of pyramiding. see photo, i guess they were not taken care of when they were younger.

Hi, I'm from Connecticut, USA Two weeks ago I got two Baby Cherry heads. Not from the same hatching. They seem to get along. One is a little older than the other. (About a month). Anyway, they both eat and poop fine, but that is all. All they want to do is hide in there huts and burrow in the...