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Hello!
I have got my new baby redfoot tortoise which is
about 2 to 3 month old. It was delivered to me from
Ontario since there weren't any redfoots available in the
winter time in Vancouver.
He is a very active healthy tortoise who has an enclosure of
a 1m by 85cm which I have made myself.
His substrate is tropical terraium covered in 2/3 of his enclosure
with two tiles covering the other 1/3 of my enclosure.
I planted a tropical tree for him to enjoy while strolling around the
enclosure.
The lighting area has a temperature of 90 degrees and
the cool side is kept at 80 degrees.
A light and a water dish is placed pretty close to the light.
He gets his usual daily soak each morning in warm waters
and I keep an eye on spraying the enclosure with water
whenever it seems dry daily 3 or 4 times.
I turn on the heating lamp for him at night just in case he gets cold.
He sleeps normally in the cave where I have placed some
moss so it is always pretty wet there for him.
I usually feed him Dandelion greens, Romaine lettuce and strawberries
which is it's favorite.
The problem arose about a week ago when my toroise stopped eating.
By enquiring about this to the pet store, which one of the members
was keeping a russian himself, he was nice enough to offer me a
caresheet so I can maybe change around the enclosure and his diet.
Although I have changed my enclosure, he is still not eating.
Although he took a munch of strawberries in the past 3 days,
he is now is refusing to eat strawberries also.
In the daytime, rather than hiding in a cave, he sleeps under the light
which dries him out sometimes. I have to actually take him out of the
basking area and place him in the water dish so he can drink some water.
He takes large quantities of water after his long hours of sleep under the light. At night I make sure he goes into the cave.
I am very concerned about his health now, since it is my first torotise, and I am now confident to say he is my family member.
If any of you can please help me in what I can do,
or tell me if I am doing anything wrong,
or if he has any symptom of sickness which I have to take him to the vet,
It will be very helpful in making my tortoise a happy guy.
Thank you in advance for all your suggestions and concerns
and I will be awaiting your prompt replies!
I have got my new baby redfoot tortoise which is
about 2 to 3 month old. It was delivered to me from
Ontario since there weren't any redfoots available in the
winter time in Vancouver.
He is a very active healthy tortoise who has an enclosure of
a 1m by 85cm which I have made myself.
His substrate is tropical terraium covered in 2/3 of his enclosure
with two tiles covering the other 1/3 of my enclosure.
I planted a tropical tree for him to enjoy while strolling around the
enclosure.
The lighting area has a temperature of 90 degrees and
the cool side is kept at 80 degrees.
A light and a water dish is placed pretty close to the light.
He gets his usual daily soak each morning in warm waters
and I keep an eye on spraying the enclosure with water
whenever it seems dry daily 3 or 4 times.
I turn on the heating lamp for him at night just in case he gets cold.
He sleeps normally in the cave where I have placed some
moss so it is always pretty wet there for him.
I usually feed him Dandelion greens, Romaine lettuce and strawberries
which is it's favorite.
The problem arose about a week ago when my toroise stopped eating.
By enquiring about this to the pet store, which one of the members
was keeping a russian himself, he was nice enough to offer me a
caresheet so I can maybe change around the enclosure and his diet.
Although I have changed my enclosure, he is still not eating.
Although he took a munch of strawberries in the past 3 days,
he is now is refusing to eat strawberries also.
In the daytime, rather than hiding in a cave, he sleeps under the light
which dries him out sometimes. I have to actually take him out of the
basking area and place him in the water dish so he can drink some water.
He takes large quantities of water after his long hours of sleep under the light. At night I make sure he goes into the cave.
I am very concerned about his health now, since it is my first torotise, and I am now confident to say he is my family member.
If any of you can please help me in what I can do,
or tell me if I am doing anything wrong,
or if he has any symptom of sickness which I have to take him to the vet,
It will be very helpful in making my tortoise a happy guy.
Thank you in advance for all your suggestions and concerns
and I will be awaiting your prompt replies!