redfoot

Hi! I have a 3 year old Female Redfoot (Lucy) lately she hasnt been eating much? I can't get her to eat many greens, and she seems to only want to eat banana, some chicken (once a week) and maybe a grape or two. She has a varied diet and eats basically what I eat (I am a health nut/ I go out of...

I currently have two redfoots. One is a 7" female and one is a 10" male. I am building two new outdoor enclosures for them, and have a couple of questions. My plan is to build low walls using cinder blocks capped with wood planks (approx 18" high total) and each enclosure will be...

I recently purchased my first tortoise. She 's ~4-5 months old now (from what the breeder told me). I noticed today that her plastron is a little soft in the middle (the outer edges seem hard). I've read that hatchlings tend to still be soft. I wondering if this is normal for her age. I keep...

Hi all, I am not new to the tortoise world as I owned a sulcata and a redfoot in the past (though not at the same time). I rehomed my sulcata about a year after acquiring it back in 2010 because I was one of those who purchased on a whim without realizing how big it will get. I am from NYC and...

I have recently purchased a baby redfoot tortoise. So far everything is going well. I just have a few questions. 1. How often and how much should I feed her? I've read so many different things about feeding schedules and amounts and it's a bit confusing. 2. She seems to be staying away from...

I have a medium waterland land enclosure that I want to convert to a high humidity environment. I'm looking for instructions as specific as possible! Thanks!

It is well known that yellow foot tortoises (Chelonoidis denticulata) get to a medium size in nature compared to most tortoises (averaging 30-45 cm in most locales). However, in almost every corner of the species range there seems to be a tortoise or two that grows to immense proportions...

Hi All, First post here, we’ve had 4 baby-ish redfoots for the last year or more and we’ve kept them in the standard wood “tortoise table” that you can buy when outside and when inside we keep them in a rabbit hutch. We live in the Tampa, FL area so they could easily be kept outside almost...

Looking for an older sulcata that needs a home,or a few redfoot tortoise's I live in Michigan and have both indoor and outdoor enclosure

I recently adopted a 7 year old red foot about 3-4 weeks ago. And just this pass Sunday, I found another red footed tortoise in the middle of a busy road. Since these guys are basically large sized, I have them roaming my backyard which is about 3000 sqft. Yesterday was the first time they...

Hi everyone, I saw a vendor from Facebook as well as their website and they have tortoises in my price range. I spoke to the owner through message and they seemed nice and answered all my questions. I also checked the care sheet to compare their answers. They seem legit but i was wondering if...

When and where do most hatchlings go to the bathroom. Like he has had soaks and I've seen nothing and I've not found anything in the cage. At least nothing of noticable size. I have had him for a week. He comes out eats. I've seen him drink and chew on his cuddle bone. But no poop? How long...

I just got my 2 redfoot tortoises (Grey and Scout) yesterday and I'm going to use this thread to post photos and growth updates so that I can look back and see how much they have grown in the future. They are 11 months old at the time I am writing this. Here they are on the day I got them. Grey...

Is this shell rot or shell fungus? is this anything to be worried about?

hey everyone my name is Jessie and about 6 months ago my boyfriend and I jumped head first into being new tortoise owners. We made an extremely rash decision and bought two tortoises from a shady at best exotic pet store. One of them is a lovley Russian named wrinkles that I am estimating to be...

Is this a good diet for my 11 month redfoots? what would you change? Also I live in the UK so stuff like hibiscus and cactus pads aren't available for me. Monday- romaine lettuce, mushroom, carrot, radish Tuesday- dandelion greens, mango, bell pepper, squash Wednesday- turnip greens, kale...

This doesn’t have to happen as the chameleon already has a suitable enclosure but I’ve been thinking... Would my ambilobe panther chameleon be able to live in my indoor 4x2x7ft plastic greenhouse with my 2 11 month old redfoot tortoises roaming on the bottom in their open top enclosure that...

Hi all, I need some words of wisdom as to why my tort spends all of its day burrowed in sphagnum moss. Humidity is consistently above 80%, the warm side of its enclosure is in the mid 80's, cool side is in the low 70's. I do use a mercury bulb (which I've heard aren't the best) but for our...

i have a year and a half old redfoot and she’s never eaten a lot and is very fussy, but usually eats the mazuri I give her but for the last week she has barely eaten and I’m struggling to even get her to eat the mazuri now and she’s starting to seem very weak and I’m not sure what to do