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Thanks again everyone! He's basking right now, so I'm not going to bother him at the moment. He seems a bit calmer, hopefully he'll be acting normal later. I'll soak him some more when he starts moving.

Thanks for the replies My dad said that he was doing just fine while we were gone, although I'm not sure if he would notice anyway. He sticks his head out just far enough to snag food that is directly in front of his shell- touching it even. So I do think he can move, he just won't. I've been...

So most of my family went on vacation this past weekend for the holidays, leaving our redfoot with my father. He had everything he needed, and we were only gone for two days. One and a half, really. The tortoise seemed fine last night when we got home, but today when we let him out to walk...

Aww, you have a really cute tortoise~ Humidity seems to be the general conclusion people have been making for Chile. I'm definitely going to try and build a cover for him to hold in some water, thank you.

That's what we've been thinking might be the problem, good to know that we weren't far off. Right now our plan is to try and construct a Plexiglas top for at least half of the enclosure. Our issue is trying to keep the lights under the top so that the heat and UVB can get through well. We've...

The Fruits are for the Redfoot only, yes. We only give him little bits of the oranges, only once or twice a month though. I didn't know about the corn, since he only chews on the cob and not the actual kernels. I'll look further into that, thank you. The red is daytime only, normally as a...

Although these posts seem rather common (by a quick search) I still feel the need to post and ask what I'm supposed to do with a pyramiding tortoise. Chile is our seven year old Male Redfoot, and while he seems perfectly fine, he does have some pyramiding that makes me worry. I've read about...

Redfoot Male