Tofutheredfoot
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We have an approximately two year old red foot tortoise named Tofu. His new enclosure is currently in production with Toad Ranch and we think it’ll ship out around the end of the month. He has been living his best tortoise life in a table on our screened in porch for the summer but with temperatures dropping we need to bring him back inside. While his current table has live plants in it we are interested in making his new enclosure to officially “bioactive.” My big questions are 1) do I need a layer of rock at the bottom for drainage? I’ve heard differing opinions based on redfoots being burrowers and how having rock could be harmful. But that for a true bioactive system it’s essential to have it. 2) I’ve seen The BioDude’s recommendation for a redfoot bioactive set up but was wondering if there were any other lists of what we would need to make this happen. 3) can anyone share plants that are not harmful for him. Currently we have a spider plant, a bromeliad and a snake plant that have survived his trampling all summer. His new enclosure is 6x3x3 so we’ll have tons of room to fill and 4) can anyone share sites for supplies that we can order from? I’m having a hard time finding large cork hides for our guy. He’s still small now but I’d like to get something that will last a while. Appreciate all of the tips, pointers, suggestions we can get!
