red foot

Hello, I am a new tortoise owner and I am looking for help from people with experience with tortoise herpesvirus. I received a phone call from my vet this morning with test results that confirmed my 3 month old red foot hatchling is positive for tortoise alpha herpesvirus. My tortoise is very...

Hi, new on here, our red foot is about a year old and it regularly poops every day or every other day while soaking or walking around in a separate box we have. Worried since it's now been 4 days since he hasn't pooped and we haven't changed anything since we got him 5 months ago. He soaks 10...

This is my Yearling red foot tortoise enclosure. I know the lighting is a little off but I am trying to work on it. It was too cold and I completely had the lighting off. Right now I have a flukers CHE, uvb coil bulb (I have a strip bulb and am waiting to install it.) I will run thr infared on...

Hello, I have a 10 year old male red footed tortoise I’m looking to possibly re-home if I find a good home. He’s very social and will eat out of your hand with his bad aim. We moved here a few years ago and he just does not like the spaces we can provide. Outside has a lot of predators and too...

I am adopting my first tortoise (redfoot) and trying to get as healthy a setup as possible. He will be starting in a 40 gallon tank (I know not ideal being glass) that is coming with him until I build an enclosure that will last many years in the near future (He is around 4.5 inches now). I...

Up & Down, Sleep & Repeat. So funny

Hello everyone, I'm sharing this far and wide across the Internet to try and reach as many red-footed tortoise owners as physically possible. I'm currently undertaking a master's level research project looking at links between how owners perceive the cognitive abilities of their tortoise and...

Relocating and concerned for my red foot's welfare. I would prefer this tortoise stay in the Southeast/coastal/humid region. I can deliver, depending on distance. No shipping. They are chunky, but still able to fully tuck up. Born July 2019. From top of the shell to the bottom, they are about...

Hello everyone, I’m new to this forum. I have about a year with my tortoise and recently I’ve noticed that she/he likes to be in the water the whole day. He likes to be under the basking light in the water and sometimes he goes under his tree but his body is still in the water. not sure if...

We are about to be first-time tortoise owners / parents. We have purchased a CH/RF hatchling from Ryan at Southern Reptiles (he has been amazing, BTW). He has given us some great info for starting out, but would love to get some feedback on our choices. Here’s what we have ordered, so far: Zoo...

Hello. I got my first tortoise this weekend. It’s a red foot. My experience with reptiles is water dragons, snakes, and turtles. This is a lot different. I bought an enclosure and got it home. After setting it up, I realized it was inadequate. I picked up a 100 gallon and a bigger UVB...

I have three red foot females who cannot nest at the moment because there outdoor enclosure is not done yet. One has already layed one clutch this season. I would like to know when there are risks of egg binding. If anyone has any info on this topic, I would like to know it all. Sorry if I...

I’m still really new to taking care of INDOOR red foot tortoises, I took care of adult RF (20-25 years) in the Caribbean in outdoor enclosures which was easier, so I have no idea what I’m doing while setting up... I was using a 10.0 UVB lamp and I’ve been told that it BURNS my RF’s eyes so I’m...

Hi all! This is my first post here in TFO. I've already looked up a few threads on shell rot but haven't really found anything to help me so I thought I'd post my own. I've had this baby red foot for about two months, kept in a 36*24 cement mixing tub with a 60/40 mix of reptibark and organic...

Hello all, a little less than a month ago we adopted a young red foot tortoise, about 5.6" small. Not quite a hatchling. He has been pretty shy and does not come out on his own, we only bring him out at feeding time. He seems interested in food and eats right away. I posted before asking about...

Hi, we just flew to Chicago from Mexico City, I had my RF with me as a support animal because of my depression and anxiety. In the Us there are currently no airlines that can allow him with me on the plane and we’re leaving Chicago to Ny tomorrow. Is there any way I can ship him to NY (to...

Am I right in thinking that a 30/40 min soak once a week is ok for pumpkin or should this be more often with her being 4 months old?

Ok I have a question. I have a 4 month old adorable baby red foot who I’ve named Pumpkin. I was told I have a little girl red foot. But from everything I’ve read up and researched is it actually possible to tell at this age? Some say yes others say not till 5 years of age. And if I’m not...

So I have a male and a female that I used to let forage in the backyard together. I was aware that the female had laid a couple of small clutches of eggs and knew that I might eventually have a few hatchlings. I ended up consolidating three clutches together because one clutch was in her hide...

Okay, so I have 7 Tortoises. One is a Red-Footed tortoise and he/she lives by himself. He/she is 5 months old and it’s named Squirt. I also have 2 Russian Tortoises that live together. I have one female (Penelope) and one male (Max) that are both one year old. Then I have 4 Sulcata Tortoises...