I have a few questions. I've read multiple posts and watched videos about how to handle a hatchling during the first week. I'm on week 2 and wondering what's next... here's the progress.
- Kept him in an incubator with the other eggs for the first week. Humidity around 80-90% using a...
My redfoot has been digging a nest two nights in a row. However, she laid eggs just one month ago. Could she have another clutch this soon?? I didn't think that was possible.
My Redfoot Tortoise is 11 years old and we’ve never seen anything like this before. During his last round of growth, the “seams” of his shell (Sorry, don’t know the right terminology) grew in black or turned black and started peeling off. Only things that changed were 1) we used a ceramic heat...
Backstory: My red foot tortoise usually stays indoors, except to go for long walks in a big corral every other day. The other day, he was outside and the weather dropped dramatically in just a couple of hours. It got down to maybe 50 degrees before I figured it out and got him inside. The next...
I usually buy cypress mulch from Home Depot for the substrate in my red foot tortoise tank . This time, they only had a cypress mulch "blend." I tried to look for ingredients, and it only said cypress mulch and other natural wood. I put it in his tank, and he dug a hole and buried himself in...