So yesterday I took our red foot to our reptile veterinarian and she has come back with a clean bill of health and we found out our tort looks to be a girl!
Thank you I’ve been using a thermal ray gun to measure the temperature and I already changed the water bowl to a drain tray they you use under a ceramic flower pot. And I most about three times a day but the plexiglass is a good idea.
This my current setup its an aivituvin tortoise house. I'm using forest floor and sphagnum moss to help create higher humidity, I'm using a dome fixture hanging above the enclosure from an adjustable lamp stand with a 100w basking bulb, a T5 UVB linear bulb. In the evening I have a CHE that is...
That's what I'm thinking so far I've seen it be curious, adventurous and has this go getter kind of attitude. Since it's only been 5 days since the little cutie has arrived.
Still figuring out the perfect name this little one arrived this week on Tuesday but I have been in hovering mom mode making sure this little cutie starts off on the right foot for a healthy fulfilled long life.
I feel like figuring out the name for an animal can be the most fun but also the hardest part too. So my husband wants to name him Dozer if it is a boy. But I want a more unique name some of our other animals names are Kitana, Raiden, Piccolo, Vegeta, Sonya, Merlin and Lyra. Curious to hear...
Thank you everyone our red foot arrived from Tortstork at 9:15am on Tuesday this week. This was after I had opened the box it came in and soaked it in lukewarm water for 15 minutes. Today it finally ate collards and little bit of the slice of strawberry and it pooped. I have setup a wellness...
Hello everyone! My name is Alicia and my husband, Kevin and I have talked about owning a tortoise for over 4-5 years. We currently own other species of reptiles both desert and tropical ones. We have been doing a ton of research and have finally decided on adding red footed tortoise to our...