Hello from NY

[KevtK]

New member from NYC. I have a trio of Redfoot tortoises - two are 2 years old and 1 is a year.
They have a safe summer residence in the yard and then gave a 60 gal. (?) Rubbermaid stockade tank on my indoor porch for the winters.
Hope to learn a lot here and I’m sure somewhere along the way I’ll have a dumb question or two.

Kev K

 

[wellington]

Hello and Welcome
Sadely I doubt the 60 gallon is big enough for the 3 of them. If they can't roam enough they soon will not be able to walk correctly.
Please read our caresheet as I believe your little ones not only needs high humidity but should be in a closed chamber with small stints outside.

 

[jsheffield]

New member from NYC. I have a trio of Redfoot tortoises - two are 2 years old and 1 is a year.
They have a safe summer residence in the yard and then gave a 60 gal. (?) Rubbermaid stockade tank on my indoor porch for the winters.
Hope to learn a lot here and I’m sure somewhere along the way I’ll have a dumb question or two.

Kev K

Hi Kev,

It's great that you can get them outside sometimes in the summer, but I agree that you'll need to find a way to get them some more space for an inside enclosure for the winters.

TFO is home to some very knowledgable people and some great content about tortoises:

Redfoot and yellowfoot tortoises

tortoiseforum.org

Welcome and keep asking questions!

Jamie

 

[TammyJ]

Hi and welcome to the tortoise forum!

 

[KevtK]

Thanks for the welcome. I may have gotten the "gallon-age" wrong. It's 3ft. wide and 5 ft long, and at their size, they can walk around freely (gotta take a pic). But yes, I will definitely dig into the care sheets and link provided.
Thanks again for the welcome.

 

[KevtK]

Took an image today. And yes, the tub is 3’X5’. They love Mulberry leaves, but you can see on munching. The other is behind the pile, and a third one likes to climb in or on his food.
I have it as bio-active as possible with springtails, isopods. Keeping it planted is tough as they go thru it pretty quickly - and I only plant stuff from the approved list. In the back is Timothy hay, they like digging under it.
Here it is. Thanks for looking.