ChrisColumbia20
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Hi everyone I'm Chris,
I'm very new to the site and i'm not even sure if this message will go through but keeping my fingers crossed. Anyways assuming it is, I have just purchases my 1st Red footed tortoise who happens to also be my first reptile. i've had experience with reptiles by volunteering at the Turtle back foot here in New Jersey, i also have experience with other animals(which are also my pets) everything from fire belly toads to Blue Macaws. I've fell in love with tortoises about 2 years ago and since then i've been planning on one, and it was just on Monday that this goal was fulfilled. His/Her name is Fiji, he/she is just a hatching and i ordered them off the turtle source. Living in New Jersey i don't have hands on access to these wonderful animals or at least none that I could find. i have them set up in a 30 gallon aquarium to start which i put black paper on the outside to prevent pacing back and fourth. I also have the heat lamp and night lamp set up on timers and the enclosures stays around 75-85 humidity level and the heat is around 90 degrees. There is a nice humid hiding spot under a half long that I filled with green moss. He has plenty of food and fresh water and lastly the substrate is a forest flood mulch.(I apologize if i wasn't really in order of the different things in the tank). Anyways my question and concern is, is it normal for them to sleep and not move a lot. I get very nervous when having the task of taking on a new animal. I've down all my research but of course that doesn't calm my nerves. So i wanted to hear directly from you guys fellow owners and see if this is truly baby redfoot behavior and if anyway had any starter tips for me and anything I could change to make sure young Fiji grows up happy and healthy.
Thanks again(theres a picture of fiji that i hope uploaded, he has an extra shell scute, but I love him just the same)
I'm very new to the site and i'm not even sure if this message will go through but keeping my fingers crossed. Anyways assuming it is, I have just purchases my 1st Red footed tortoise who happens to also be my first reptile. i've had experience with reptiles by volunteering at the Turtle back foot here in New Jersey, i also have experience with other animals(which are also my pets) everything from fire belly toads to Blue Macaws. I've fell in love with tortoises about 2 years ago and since then i've been planning on one, and it was just on Monday that this goal was fulfilled. His/Her name is Fiji, he/she is just a hatching and i ordered them off the turtle source. Living in New Jersey i don't have hands on access to these wonderful animals or at least none that I could find. i have them set up in a 30 gallon aquarium to start which i put black paper on the outside to prevent pacing back and fourth. I also have the heat lamp and night lamp set up on timers and the enclosures stays around 75-85 humidity level and the heat is around 90 degrees. There is a nice humid hiding spot under a half long that I filled with green moss. He has plenty of food and fresh water and lastly the substrate is a forest flood mulch.(I apologize if i wasn't really in order of the different things in the tank). Anyways my question and concern is, is it normal for them to sleep and not move a lot. I get very nervous when having the task of taking on a new animal. I've down all my research but of course that doesn't calm my nerves. So i wanted to hear directly from you guys fellow owners and see if this is truly baby redfoot behavior and if anyway had any starter tips for me and anything I could change to make sure young Fiji grows up happy and healthy.
Thanks again(theres a picture of fiji that i hope uploaded, he has an extra shell scute, but I love him just the same)
When I first had Toby he slept most of the time too! I read somewhere that its a natural defence mechanism to hide when small as they are more likely to be picked off by predators as baby's? Some of the more experienced members may be able to say if that's true or not, I'm still learning. Toby is my first Tort and I absolutely adore him, he is becoming cheekier as he gets older so you have lots to look forward too! 
