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    Found bug in my red foots substrate😢

    We’ll notices a colony of ants had taken post l, in there, along with some roaches 🤢 I just played it safe because I knew ants can bother em but wasn’t sure exactly because I know lots of people have outdoor enclosures and there’s no way you can keep that bug free, and thank you!
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    Found bug in my red foots substrate😢

    Recently moved in to a new house, made sure it had a whole room I could dedicate to my guy, but I’ve had a juvenile redfoot since mid December and have been around enough forums and talked to enough people to know I have his enclosure at the proper temp and humidity, I know I have the right...
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    AM I A BAD TORT DADDDDD????!helppppp

    I did! I went with 4-6 inches, I’m just using a common sense measuring cup and putting enough down that he can bury himself but not trap himself, I’d say it’s 4-6 inches, I have a tort table that’s set up, but since it wasn’t ready when I got him he still seems kinda stressed from the change and...
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    AM I A BAD TORT DADDDDD????!helppppp

    Hello and thank you! I had a different thread where I ran his enclosure by the community and thankfully I did because it was my impression moss was okay, but we got that out of there so he doesn’t eat it or get stuck, he’s warm and wet but the only time he’ll really eat or walk around is when...
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    Redfoot Restoration

    We’ll you’ve answered a few right there lol, your name keeps coming up as the guy so I trust your info, basically assumed the temperature shouldn’t differ too much anywhere in there and I just tried to kinda give him a little jungle, and by cooler I just men not directly in the light, more of...
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    Redfoot Restoration

    Thank you for the info on the moss, I’m in it now, typically try to avoid pet stores I couldn’t leave him and I still didn’t know much about shipping and it seemed like so much to have to deal with that I’d be able to sneak away but here we are lol but moss is coming out now, I thought it was ok...
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    AM I A BAD TORT DADDDDD????!helppppp

    Sorry was looking at the nogo list when I wrote the, it’s repti bark, have that mixed about 30% with repti soil and then like a light inch if the coconut fiber stuff on top just because the repti bark so moist and fine that it was stuck over his eye every time I turn around now I’m just trying...
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    Redfoot Restoration

    Never had a redfoot before but this guy came from a shitty pet store on Christmas Eve and his shells looking pretty dismal to say the absolute least, he’s staying wet and warm and someone said coconut oil on him will help but what else can we dooooooooooo, he’s been getting soaks and kinda eats...
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    AM I A BAD TORT DADDDDD????!helppppp

    Thank you! He’s set up now right at 82 and the humidities staying right around 70-80, have him in fresh substrate that’s probably 70-30 of the cedar bark stuff from Petco and the reptile soil, mixed in, also got him a succulent, made him a basking spot, was just trying to clear up the uvb...
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    AM I A BAD TORT DADDDDD????!helppppp

    Thank you! And happy holidays!!! Currently has a lid to try and keep the moisture in and I have probably a 2ft-1ft plastic tote, but we’ll have a proper tort table for him today. He only had probably of 1-2 inches of really big coarse mulchy forest floor stuff so I just added a little soil to...
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    AM I A BAD TORT DADDDDD????!helppppp

    So I’ve always wanted a tortoise since I can remember and it’s only been in about the past 3-4 months I’ve seriously considered taking in the responsibility so I started doing research and read about everything I could find on redfoots since they seem easier to keep comfortable for a first...
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