If I missed it I apologize. Great job chronicling Darwin. You are obviously providing great indoor an outdoor care for her. Could you show or describe the indoor enclosure? My Frankie is still small enough for a 4x2 but I know the day is coming when she will need something a lot larger indoors.
As far as how much protein, the Mazuri has some protein in it so it will matter how frequently you use that as to how much additional protein he/she needs. I use 1/2 Mazuri + 1/2 ZooMed Forest Tortoise Food twice a week, greens and vegies the rest of the week, outdoor wild plants and flowers...
Hello, I have recently learned about a couple of tortoise food pellets that I didn't know about before. I wanted to get opinions on using them as substitutions for what is the "traditional" diet for redfoots.
I only feed my tortoise one type of food each day, and actually keep track of my...
Two questions.
1. The health of your tortoises looks to be perfect. Do clip their nails?
2. The next enclosure for my red foot will be like this. With live plants and all, do you anticipate performing a "whole swap" of the substrate or do you just spot clean? How does that go?
Thanks and...
That's exactly what it seems like -- fumes. I wonder if I just got a lemon storage tote that doesn't like the heat. Cheap enough to get another, except I already went through the work of sticking all my controls to the side of it, lol.
This post has been super helpful for me -- I have acquired a little sweetheart cherry head.
I have setup my container, and temps and humidity are working out nicely, but there is a super strong smell of hot plastic inside. I am afraid to stick my little tort hatchling in there due to the...