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Has anyone used florimulch for a redfoot before? Is it safe to use?

I have read that coco coir is one of the best substrates to use but I can't seem to make it work inside of my enclosure and I am seeking advice. I first bought the coco coir bricks and added the correct amount of water as instructed and waited. I then squeezed out as much water as I possibly...

I want to make sure that my redfoot is getting the foods he needs. I recently ordered TNT from Carolina seed, how should this be used? My tortoise will be a year old in May. Right now he is eating a mix of turnip, collards, mustards, kale, endive, and escarole. I also add shredded zucchini...

My redfoot has developed white in the cracks of his shell, what is this? Also I think his shell is starting to pyramid a little, how do I fix this?? Humidity stays in the 80's and he is on a thermostat so that the enclosure stays at 80 degrees on one side and 75 on the other. He is eating...

I started building a new enclosure for my redfoot. He is currently only 3 inches long. The entire enclosure is made out of select pine and poplar. I stained and sealed the outside in cherry and the inside has three layers of drylok. The marked spot in the back is where I plan to install a vent...

I'm building an indoor enclosure for my redfoot and was wondering what the best way to seal the wood on the inside would be? I have used drylok on enclosures before but the texture is almost like fine sandpaper and I'm afraid it will be too rough for him.

When is it ok to feed Opuntia cactus? I read on some website that it wasn't safe to feed if the pad was bigger than your hand because mature pads contain harmful concentrations of oxalic acid, is this true? This is what my cacti currently look like

My redfoot has a yellow spot right in the middle of his plastron. Can someone tell me what it might be? Should I be worried?

I bought a ceramic heat emitter and a digital thermostat with a probe that I can set to 80 for night time heat. Where do I stick the probe for the thermostat?

I just got my little redfoot a few days ago. Here is his enclosure. I have coco coir as the substrate with half of the tank covered in cypress mulch. I also have some sphagnum moss in the two pots. Is there anything else that I should add? I was going to add some plants but I read that they...

Meet Vegeta! He/she is a normal redfoot I think. So far he has been doing nothing but burying lol. I do have a question, how often should I sprinkle his food with calcium? Do I need to use any other supplements?

This was the only kind of sphagnum moss I could find at my local petsmart, is it safe to use? If so do I just put it into my tortoises hides or do I need to soak it first?

I want to build an ourdoor enclosure for my soon to be redfoot to move into eventually. I want to make it kind of like a really big tortoise table but with wheels attached to the legs so I can wheel it back into my porch during cold months. I want to build a box on the end of it and add...

I am getting everything together to bring home my first Redfoot and I was wondering if it would be better to purchase a Reptisun terrarium hood and light or if a MVB would be better?

Hello, I am new here and looking into getting my first redfoot. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it would be ok to house him in a 40 gal breeder tank until he gets bigger and could move to a permanent outside enclosure. I have read conflicting things about the tank. Some say that it is...

My husband and I are looking into getting out first tortoise. We have decided on a redfoot but I have a lot of questions that I am hoping to get answered before I even think about bringing one home. First is there a good care sheet someone can link me to? I have found very few for redfoots. I...

Hello! I am new here. My husband and I are looking into getting our first tortoise. We live in Florida so the weather here is almost always warm enough for him to stay outside most of the time. So far we are looking at getting either a Hermanns or a redfoot. We love the personality of a sulcata...