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  1. LeaderLeprechaun

    tortoise food

    i know that i cant feed turbo, my red foot, a varied diet like he would get in the wild. i have it as varied as i can get it with different fruits and different greens, vegetables and such. but i know its prolly best if i get him once a week some kind of mazuri. ive been looking for stuff that...
  2. LeaderLeprechaun

    indoor enclosure

    new indoor enclosure for turbo, i was gonna make one but it didnt turn out the way i want it. plus dealing with dad is aggrivating me lol[hr] i still need to put in the humidity tent and im rooting some plants to put in
  3. LeaderLeprechaun

    plastron scratches or shell rot?

    ok so what i circled in blue is what i believe turbo did to himself by climbing over stuff but the thing circled in red looks like other images ive seen of shell rot. there are a couple other spots that look similar but im not exactly sure. help would be appreciated so i can nip this in the butt...
  4. LeaderLeprechaun

    loose stool

    so when i got my tort i took him to the vet and they said he had a protozoan problem and gave me meds. they told me to give it to him 3 days a week for 3 weeks and so i have. his stool is a lil firmer compared to how bad it was before (almost like pea soup) but he still seems to be having bowel...
  5. LeaderLeprechaun

    license

    so i heard you have to have a lisence for DT but do you need them for tropicals
  6. LeaderLeprechaun

    shell coloration?

    ok so i have posted a good bit since i just joined last month and it seems that almost every other day i find something new. im always learning, which is a good thing, even tho i did so much research. but yesterday i found growth on turbo and the growth on the scutes was a lighter shade than his...
  7. LeaderLeprechaun

    trick for making sure your tort eats his/her greens

    my red footed tortoise isnt very fond of eating greens unless its flowers. this morning turbo kept walking away from the greens i set out. so i had an idea. since he/she (since i cant tell the dif yet) loves pineapple i thought id pour some juice over the greens so he would smell the fruit and...
  8. LeaderLeprechaun

    outdoor enclosure

    its halfway done. still have to put in some sod, plants, turbo's hide, and a few river rocks, and of course his water bowl. the second picture is of the plants i use for feeding him flowers. hibiscus, marigold, and im still making sure the kordana roses are ok for turbo to eat.
  9. LeaderLeprechaun

    Welding Tupperware containers

    I want to increase the size of my indoor enclosure for my redfoot. how can i weld the sides together myself?
  10. LeaderLeprechaun

    Why is my tortoise chewing his food bowl?

    Turbo, my red-foot, was chewing on his food bowl today and even with mustard greens in there. he wouldnt eat the greens but he just kept trying to eat the bowl.
  11. LeaderLeprechaun

    Red Foot enclosure idea

    What do yall think?
  12. LeaderLeprechaun

    Sexing Turbo

    Ok, so I have had a lot of misinformation when it comes to sexing my tort Turbo. Help would be appreciated. Also if yall have opinions on the area such as northern or southern and such of where Turbo may be from by my pictures that would be great to so I may see if I was right or not. :P Thanks...
  13. LeaderLeprechaun

    Shell Concerns

    Ok, so I've had turbo for a couple weeks and hes a red footed tort. Ive read up a lot on here as well as other sites as to how to keep a torts shell smooth and prevent pyramiding. I also know that they will be a tad bumpy due to the growth rings on the carapace. I have him placed in a "under...
  14. LeaderLeprechaun

    Hey yall! <3

    Hey yall! My name is Syhann but yall can call me Sy for short. I'm 21 years of age and for the time being until May reside in Mississippi, USA. I currently have a red-footed tortoise named Turbo and have had him for the span almost 2 weeks.:tort: I'm excited about joining this forum due to the...
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