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...
Realizing we will never own a home in this economy and I want Poppy to have a good life where he can have outdoor time or an outdoor living space.
I'm also in school and work fulltime and do not have a lot of time to dedicate to him right now. I can tell he is bored..
Looking for an...
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?
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I recently moved to Joshua Tree, CA and adopted a big sulcata. He's about 10 years old, and I did all the research before getting him. He has an insulated and heated mansion and full run of a 1/2 acre fenced yard.
Anyways... when I picked him up from the rescue, the woman...
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...
Hi! I am about to rescue a red foot tortoise hatchling (about 6-7cm, not sure about the age or hatch date). I've been wanting to adopt one for months and suddenly met this baby. I noticed that he is missing two of his right front toenails, I'm not sure what happened; the previous owner has no...
Hi, I am making a new tortoise enclosure for red-footed tortoises that I will be getting soon. It will be 520 cm long, 210 cm wide, and 150 cm high. I live in Ireland, so it will be in an insulated shed. I am getting 3 females and 1 male. Could you recommend whether mercury vapour lights or full...
We lost our baby red footed tortoise last night and we are absolutely devastated. If anyone has any input on things we can change if we ever decide to try again, it would be so greatly appreciated .
We got him from a highly rated reptile store at the end of February, the owner was out for the...
Hi! I just brought home my first red foot tortoise yesterday and I am concerned that she is not healthy! She is about five inches in size and I purchased her from Petco. When I brought her home I noticed her eyes had a milky coat over them that came loose after she soaked in her water bowl...
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I’ve barely had my tort for about a week now. I have a dual dome lamp, with 60W heat bulb and a 5.0 UVB bulb. I got a thermometer and the temp was 74-76s. So i changed my 60w heat bulb up to 100w PLUS a nano dome with a 40w CHE. And I still cant get the temp into the 80s🥲 I dont...
This time I photographed a strange hind leg movement of the RF, it very worrying to me, I seek help hope you can help me to see what happened to the terrapin's hind leg, I probably checked it and there is no wound, maybe it is sticking to something?
(Normally she can crawl quickly and smoothly...