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    How much should I feed a redfoot?

    Thanks for the input guys, I'll try that and see if he begins to lose some weight. Poor little guy is so fat :o(
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    How much should I feed a redfoot?

    That doesn't really do much for me because he keeps eating healthy food. I give him quality food but he just keeps eating and eating if I put it down in front of him. He is obese (according to the turtle BMI calculation). I don't know when to stop feeding. How much is too much? How much is too...
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    How much should I feed a redfoot?

    I have a redfoot that is about 1 year old. How much should he be eating? If I keep placing food down in front of him, he'll keep devouring until I stop. He's a complete glutton. Question is, how much food do I give him?
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    normal shell growth?

    I'm going to try that blended up diet you talked about since it worked so well for you. I feel like my guy's habitat is pretty good but I plan on building him a bigger and better one in a couple of weeks during spring break.
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    normal shell growth?

    Can you go into some detail about his "hunger strike" and how you got him to start eating again? My guy is currently eating very little and lost a significant amount of weight. Trying to figure out what to do. Wish I could offer some advice on your questions, but I'm a novice.
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    Redfoot won't eat

    http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-63970.html The temperature is now ~80 instead of 90 like in that post. [hr] How much do 5 month olds usually eat?
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    Redfoot won't eat

    I do soak him daily. This has been going on for a couple of weeks I think.
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    Redfoot won't eat

    Here is a thread I made a while ago with all of the information you requested, along with pictures. The only thing that has changed from that post is the diet. I now give him a bigger variety of greens and fruits, along with mazuri pellets: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-63970.html EDIT...
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    Redfoot won't eat

    My redfoot has been eating very little and I don't know what to do about it. He is about 5 months old, 2.8 in, 2.5 oz (lost some weight since last month). He will nibble a little bit once every 2-3 days. He will not eat every day. Is that normal? I started giving him a mixed plate in case he is...
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    How am I doing caring for my redfoot? PICS

    Thanks for the input. I will head to the store this weekend and try to pick up some mixed greens to change his diet. I have dropped the temperature to ~80 (and this helped raise humidity too). For those interested, he is about 4 months old.
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    How am I doing caring for my redfoot? PICS

    So I got a hatchling earlier this month and wanted to share pictures of his enclosure as well as what I do to take care of him so that more experienced people can point out if I'm doing a good job or if there are things I should change. Let's start with his enclosure: It is a glass enclosure...
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    Help with redfoot age

    Using the proper measuring technique, he comes out to 7 cm or 2.8 inches.
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    Help with redfoot enclosure

    Thanks for the info.
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    Help with redfoot enclosure

    So I just got a baby redfoot and am pretty new to the caring for it. I have set up a pretty basic enclosure with bark substrate, a little water pool, a half log for hiding, a UV lamp for vitamin D3, and a heat lamp on one side to keep the temperature at 80-90. I have not added plants yet so...
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    Help with redfoot age

    I just got a little redfoot tortoise but the seller was not able to tell me exactly how old it is. I'd really like to know down to the month when it hatched. Maybe someone can help me out. Also, it's probably too early to tell, but I'd appreciate opinions on its sex. Here are some measurements...
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