red food tortoise

I was checking over my tortoise when I noticed what looks to me like a dent/hole in my tortoise shell. I'm extremely worried now and can't believe I've noticed this just now so I'm unsure how long it has been there for. It doesn't seem wet/moisture (I sprayed her shell with some water for the...

I really want to buy a new enclosure, instead of building my own! Im wanting at least 120 gallons.... 8×2×2.... with all the things included, lighting and temp and humidity.... please help! I got the money finally so lets hear what u guys have

Im thinking of getting this system for my red foot, has anyone used anything like this? I know it’s adjustable but I’m still worried about it making the enclosure too wet? https://a.co/d/06ObRv6b

Hi everyone I have a redfoot tort. Not sure how old he is. He's slightly bigger than the size of my entire hand. This is the cage he has. I was already told its not a really good one, but I covered the top with aluminum foil to try and keep the heat and humidity high. He has a strip uvb light...

How can I get my tortoise to use his other hide more? He refuses to use any of the hides I provide except for the wooden bridge hide he has had since forever, right now he has a big apple crate on the cool side (27-28⁰) and he still chooses the bridge hide. At first I just thought he might only...

I sometimes give my redfoot dried (rehydrated) seaweed and he loves it, but I saw this kelp powder at work and I'm wondering if it would be beneficial for him? I know probably most can't read norwegian but the important stuff is still understandable I think. I attached a pic of the kind of kelp...

The new enclosure holds humidity maybe a bit too well (80-95%), so there's a lot of moisture collecting at the plastic cover that drips down into the soil and makes it wet. I try to turn the soil whenever I see that it's too moist, but today I noticed there's a lot of mold forming on the...

I'm designing a larger enclosure for my 2 cherry heads (who live separated). Right now I have 7in of cypress mulch, which seem seems to be working well. But they are only 3 or so and still growing. I'm hoping for this new enclosure to be suitable for when they are fully grown. Is 7in deep enough...

I have a 1 year old red foot named pontormo They are doing very well. I live in Canada in the west coast so our summers are moderate however we've had some freak summers lately due to climate change. a couple years ago my ball Pyton got burned during an unexpected heat wave so now im a bit...

Hello from Mexico! Today my red foot tortoise started the day very different than normal, she was inside her shell and no responding, I took her outside under the sun and after a couple of minutes she started to awake and move, but still not normal. I gave her some food (cactus leafs, hibiscus...

Any ideas as to what this is? It appeared a few days ago

I noticed that one of the nostrils of my tortoise was blocked. It wasn't a cold or a runny nose, but the other nostril was clear. I tried to remove it for a long time but couldn't. Is there any good way to deal with it? Do I need to take care of it?

I found Cherry flipped over today and after I righted her she's making a whistling noise when she breaths and occasionally a clicking noise. Found her in her water dish. She was probably flipped for 6 hours, but not under a heat lamp. She wasn't panicking by the time I got to her and when I...

Hello, Cherry and Berry are getting bigger so I'm going to expand there space. Right now they each have their own separate half a garden bed (picture attached) and I'm going to get another one to double there space. Right now to climate control is done externally but I if have 2 of them I'll...

Hello, I live in Southern California. I’m looking for a red footed tortoise, preferably a baby but an adult is cool too! I already have an enclosure and everything, just struggling to find the tortoise! Would appreciate any recommendations!

So I got a baby red foot earlier this month. She’s been awesome and I love watching her! I’ve got her in a 50 gallon storage container with a mulch, coco fiber, and leaf substrate. I mist every morning and night. She gets a warm soak every day. And she got a cool and a warm side of her enclosure...

Today, I made an oak bark board shelter for my red foot. The structure is very simple, with two pieces of 15 × 20 oak bark, one piece of 15 × 30 oak bark, and finally reinforced with a pine stick. It looks very comfortable for her to hide underneath.🥰 On the other hand, its feces were abnormal...

For all fellow red foot owners we just switched our two year old redfoot into his new enclosure. We decided to go bioactive to help give him as natural of an environment as possible. He was also in a table and we were struggling to maintain temperature and humidity. It was a total labor of love...

I recently got a cable cover to eliminate a trip hazard in my tortoise room, but it has a pretty strong rubber smell. I know reds foots have a good sense of smell so I'm wondering if that would stress them out. Does any one have experience or insights about tortoises and strong smells?

Will everyone's red foot tortoise eat the plants in the enclosure？ My new spider plant was besieged by her, so I took out the plant for the time being, and put it in again after it grew luxuriant, otherwise it might be eaten up by her soon. Is there any solution to this situation? I tried...