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I recently cleaned my redfoot tortoise cage and was shocked to see some areas that had black growth (I'm not really sure if it was mold,mildew, etc). Some parts of the cage were pretty bad and the mold had actually grown through the wood and was visible on the bottom outside. I have since then...

My redfoot is getting too big for her water dish. I have heard that a lot of people just use a terracotta dish but where do you buy one?

Lately I have noticed that my red foot Sobe has had a dry shell. The dryness only occurs between the scutes, not on the bottom of the shell. She has had a bumpy shell since I purchased her from Petco. She now has what looks like crevices between her scutes and I worried that she may have MBD or...

I have 2 Red foot tortoises and have been trying to increase temperatures. What type of light fixture do you think distributes heat the best? I have noticed that some people use strip lights but I have always used domed lamps. I do cover up half of my enclosure but it is not shown in the...

I estimate my two red foots to be around three or four years old, what do you think? I bought them at Petco about three years ago. When I bought them their eyes were really watery and they were very dry. They were fed some kind of fruit and vegetable mix and they always seemed to be fed the same...

I live in Idaho and it is really cold this winter so it can be a struggle to control the temperature in my tortoises enclosure. I use a 100 wt heat bulb as well as a bulb for UVB. I also try to keep the room warm with a heater. What wattage do you guys use for a bulb? Also the enclosure is on...

Hi my name is a Alexis Freeman and I am new to tortoise forum. I have two redfoots named Niko and Sobe.

This is the ZooMed tortoise house. I bought two of the tortoise houses and combined them to make this large house. It is about six feet long and two feet wide. So far it has held up great.