omglostmom
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Hello, my name is Kat and I live in Northern Maine,
On August 11 of this year I rescued a 3 1/2 year old Redfoot. Recently found out the tortoise is it's a male and the previous owners thought it was female. He didn't weigh much at the time I could pick him up by one hand. His living conditions weren't he best at previous owners , he had a ton of house flies all around him, he's got some pyramiding nothing super big or that can be less moving forward. I have done so much research on Red foots that my head is spinning. His housing situation was a 55 gall aquarium tank. I've taken him to the vet that's how I discovered she was a he. Mr. Attitude gotten a full clean bill of health, he weighed about 2.12 kg. So here's where I get lost, confused and panicky. I'm placing bet you you folks have answered this 1000 times, I'm betting I'm doing more harm then good.
I have everything in his tank at correct temperature, humidity, regular daylight until roughly 4 then I turn the UVB light on until around 8 p.m. During part of the day I let him out for enrichment time, He has a log he moves and climbs over, Mr. Attitude has found himself a man cave under the gerbil cage, he some times does circles in one side out the other, some times he sleeps in there. He's very active and likes to find trouble. He gets a nice warm soak every other day, has a big enough dish so he can turn around in for water. So I have noticed in the last week he's not eating he's eating but not eating. He gets Spring mix, with green peppers, and 2 to 3 pieces of some fruit, and I change the the spring mix to collard green and mustard greens, I try to mix it up so it's not the same food every single day. He completely ignores his food, he'll eat the mazuri pellets but I don't want him to rely on those as his basic diet. I have tried mixing the pellets in with fresh food he'll push the fresh aside, I'm getting panicky because I don't want him to loose weight, IS he just not eating because it's winter?
On August 11 of this year I rescued a 3 1/2 year old Redfoot. Recently found out the tortoise is it's a male and the previous owners thought it was female. He didn't weigh much at the time I could pick him up by one hand. His living conditions weren't he best at previous owners , he had a ton of house flies all around him, he's got some pyramiding nothing super big or that can be less moving forward. I have done so much research on Red foots that my head is spinning. His housing situation was a 55 gall aquarium tank. I've taken him to the vet that's how I discovered she was a he. Mr. Attitude gotten a full clean bill of health, he weighed about 2.12 kg. So here's where I get lost, confused and panicky. I'm placing bet you you folks have answered this 1000 times, I'm betting I'm doing more harm then good.
I have everything in his tank at correct temperature, humidity, regular daylight until roughly 4 then I turn the UVB light on until around 8 p.m. During part of the day I let him out for enrichment time, He has a log he moves and climbs over, Mr. Attitude has found himself a man cave under the gerbil cage, he some times does circles in one side out the other, some times he sleeps in there. He's very active and likes to find trouble. He gets a nice warm soak every other day, has a big enough dish so he can turn around in for water. So I have noticed in the last week he's not eating he's eating but not eating. He gets Spring mix, with green peppers, and 2 to 3 pieces of some fruit, and I change the the spring mix to collard green and mustard greens, I try to mix it up so it's not the same food every single day. He completely ignores his food, he'll eat the mazuri pellets but I don't want him to rely on those as his basic diet. I have tried mixing the pellets in with fresh food he'll push the fresh aside, I'm getting panicky because I don't want him to loose weight, IS he just not eating because it's winter?