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That's what I thought. He's still got muck on his shoulders and around his neck from the way he was shipped to me. Was thinking on using a q-tip to try and gently clean that out when he has a soak tonight. He was so packed with muck...as soon as I put him in the water he dunked his whole head...

Eguzzo. My Red footeds do not like heat above 85 degrees. In fact, a steady 82 is what I provide inside. I have NO basking areas. (INSIDE HOUSE) In my out doors enclosures they walk around in the morning and head for shade when the sun comes out. Later they come out again once it cools off. 120...

not yet, but I am looking for a scale of sorts to weigh him...he's heavier than I thought he would be...:) He sleeps a lot in his hide....but did spend about 30 minutes under the basking lamp yesterday. He's walked every inch of his enclosure....has yet to go in his water dish tho....front...

Here are a couple of pics from Saturday....he needs a bigger tub....

UVB is 12" above the floor and basking lamp is 14" above the floor... Oh and is he 3 1/2 inches long....I measured his shell from his neck to his tail.

I turned up the furnace a couple of degrees, and now I have 84 F in cool end 90 F in warm and 105 F in basking area. :) When I got the poor guy home on Saturday he was absolutely caked in dirt and had a cricket jumping all over him....I had to change his water 4 times before there was no more...

I haven't tried spacing them out....I'll have to take the lid off and see if that helps. I do have almost half of the lid removed for the lamps already and I really don\t want to cut another hole in it, as I don't want to lose too much humidity. I have those levels pretty well perfect....just...

The one closest to the middle is the basking lamp and the other is a UVB light. If I raise the lamps the basking area gets to 95 F, but the cool end drops to 71 F. I was told never below 80 for a juvenile....but when I lower it to get the cool end to 80 F, I end up with above 120 under the...

It's a ZooMed 50 watt reptile basking light

Will he cook under that lamp, or will he move if he gets too hot. I have a juvenile that is about 3 inches long?

I'm going to go buy a ceramic heat emitter, hopefully this will help regulate temps without having a localized boiling spot....eeekkkk. He comes home tomorrow and I'm not ready!!!

Now I have another issue...I lowered the heat lamp to warm up the enclosure to 83 in the cool end and 88 in the warm end, but now directly under the basking lamp I am getting temp upwards of 120...I centred the water dish under it....but now I'm afraid I'm gonna cook the poor guy....help!!

Darn!! My UVB bulb is a coil bulb....Guess I'll pick up a different one when I go to pick up my Tort tomorrow. Bowls are not sunk, but I will sink them when I get home.

Thank you Tortdad, I will lower the heat lamp. I am thinking on getting a ceramic heat emitter...will that keep the enclosure warmer than the heat lamp? Anyfoot, your Torts are beautiful! Thanks all for the welcome :)

My son wants to name him/her Johnny Tortoise/Janet Tortoise but for now he/she will be called JT

I also have 3 thermometers and hygrometers, one in the cool end, one in the warm end and one in the basking spot. And I've added the live plants after these photos were taken.

Beautiful, thank you Yvonne :)

Right now I have a large rubbermaid bin for it. 2 feet by 3 feet. I will be building a table as soon as the snow is gone. I've got the cool end at 72 F with 80 to 90% humidity, basking area is 90 to 100 F 85% humidity and the warm end is 85 F and 75% humidity. Using Cypress mulch and spagnum...

I am getting my 1st red foot tortoise this weekend. He/She is 3 inches long and I don't know if it's a hatchling, yearling or a juvenile? They all require slightly different care during those stages....I can't seem to find anything online that will clarify the approximate sizes to age. I am...