Most of you know that I got a Redfoot tortoise to foster. My experience mostly is desert or savanna type tortoises. I was excited to have this little tortoise, it is a good example of the species, I think.
The tortoise came with a name of Jupiter, I have changed it to simply Red
So I fix a super great outside pen for him. Red escaped that pen 4 times in 3 hours. So I decided he would stay in a tort table in my tort shed with regular meals and soaking, then when he's mellowed out I'll start putting him outside. It's low 60's with rain now and next weekend expected to be 90's...he'll need to go out then.
So here's the outside pen.
to the tort table he went, I went in the house and he climbed out and fell 3 feet down to the plywood floor. Unfortunately he also landed in a pen belonging to a 20 yr old male tortoise. So he was on his back with AB sitting completely on him when I found them. So I picked him up, his eye were closed and he was sorta limp took him in and soaked. While he was soaking I fix the table
to this
I put him in again and I went inside again. Went to check on him later and this is him...
So I know he needs shade so this is him now and he's eating like crazy and basking in the shade...lol
Don't laugh, it works..and Red is relaxing more...
The tortoise came with a name of Jupiter, I have changed it to simply Red
So I fix a super great outside pen for him. Red escaped that pen 4 times in 3 hours. So I decided he would stay in a tort table in my tort shed with regular meals and soaking, then when he's mellowed out I'll start putting him outside. It's low 60's with rain now and next weekend expected to be 90's...he'll need to go out then.
So here's the outside pen.
to the tort table he went, I went in the house and he climbed out and fell 3 feet down to the plywood floor. Unfortunately he also landed in a pen belonging to a 20 yr old male tortoise. So he was on his back with AB sitting completely on him when I found them. So I picked him up, his eye were closed and he was sorta limp took him in and soaked. While he was soaking I fix the table
to this
I put him in again and I went inside again. Went to check on him later and this is him...
So I know he needs shade so this is him now and he's eating like crazy and basking in the shade...lol
Don't laugh, it works..and Red is relaxing more...