Hows my tortoise doing

[Robthebob]

Hi I bought a red foot tortoise about a year ago. Its 3 and a half inches long and i keep it in a concrete mixing tub with Eco Earth wet dirt. i have you UVB bulb and one heat lamp for basking. I feed it every day tomatoes, kale, Missouri tortoise diet.(Not all together).

 

[Anyfoot]

Hi Bob and welcome.
Your Tortoise looks fine, but you need a more varied diet. Constantly feeding tomatoes and kale is not good. I don't feed kale and rarely tomatoes. You need to feed weeds and greens every day with with fruit or mushrooms mixed in. At the bottom of the forum page is a link to Tortoise library. Go on this and look at redfoot diet. It gives you a very good food list to feed.

 

[Anyfoot]

This is link to food list.

http://www.tortoiselibrary.com/nutrition-2/good-foods-list/

 

[Gillian M]

Hi I bought a red foot tortoise about a year ago. Its 3 and a half inches long and i keep it in a concrete mixing tub with Eco Earth wet dirt. i have you UVB bulb and one heat lamp for basking. I feed it every day tomatoes, kale, Missouri tortoise diet.(Not all together).

A very warm welcome to the forum to you and your very CUTE tort!

Please read the "Beginners Mistakes" Thread and the red foot care sheet, and give your cutie a daily soak in warm water.

Could you post a clearer pic of your tort's enclosure?

Ask ANY question if in need of help.

 

[jockma]

I would change the water dish ASAP, the ramp water dish is a drowning hazard especially for young torts/hatchlings.

 

[Robthebob]

I do not fill the water dish a lot it is just enough to drink from and thank you for the diet tips

 

[Anyfoot]

I do not fill the water dish a lot it is just enough to drink from and thank you for the diet tips

I didn't mean don't feed kale, but don't feed too many things from the brassica family. It's very easy to feed let's say, kale, spring greens, cabbage, cauliflower greens, broccoli greens thinking it's a super varied diet, there all from the brassica family. I choose spring greens because it's cheap. If you can opt for weeds and flowers when possible.

 

[Average-Joe_15]

Lookin' great~
But I think your tort's finger nails could use a little natural trimming.

If ya can provide a simple, rough textured, flat rock somewhere in their home, the finger and toe nails should trim down slowly over time. This would also provide a nice clean "plate" to eat their food off of~

Cheers~!!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Two things since you asked.
I agree, your tortoise could benefit from a nail trim and this can be done by placing a flat, slate or cement pad in the enclosure for him to walk on. Some of us also use a few ceramic floor tiles turned upside down. (Rough side up.)
The fixture that holds your heat lamp looks to not be capable of dealing with heat very well and has already started to fail. Look for and invest in one with a ceramic base and toss out that plastic one.
And is there any place at all that the tortoises can get and stay dry?
Humidity is 100% needed, but to help with shell rot, the tortoise must have a spot to get dry and that whole enclosure looks pretty damp.