Recent content by Melaleuca

I'm sorry he's still rampaging! My climber redfoot is only 3, but when she's rampaging and climbing at the walls non-stop it's usually a food, water, lighting, or mould issue 😬 I've learned to check and fix those things and then she settles down. The most frequent trigger for mine lately has...

That's great! How old is Sheldon?

You say that redfoot would be worse off living in a tiny apartment with you, but would it really? It doesn't sound like it's going to get the right care with your parents, and while it's with you in CO you can still look for a foster carer. I expect you'll have better luck finding a carer if the...

I'm a bit slow in seeing replying to this, but one of my redfoots also has these bent scales on its arms. I received my tortoise as a hatchling (still had its egg tooth and remnants of a dried yolk sack on its belly) and all of its leg scales were pointing out instead of laying flat. My theory...

Awesome, I'm jealous!

Looks fantastic, so lush! They'll have fun exploring all of that! Hopefully they don't demolish all of it too quickly, my torts eat/climb and crush/dig up all the plants I've given them 😂 Are the plants pesticide and fertiliser free, and in tort-safe soil?

This is very true! But at this rate I don't think Fig will ever have that problem 😂 Aw thanks! 🥰 And I'm grateful to hear of it happening in another redfoot (but unfortunate for you...), it helps me think that there's probably no major underlying health problem with Fig causing the issue and it...

To clarify, both Fig and Magda had fecal for parasites and TINC, and swabbed for cyptosporidium, microplasmosise, and herpes in June 2022. They came back clear except for Fig's parasites which was treated and she's tested negative for parasites two or three times since then with the most recent...

Fig will make herself a little "nest", but she's never been a burrower which still surprises me. Magda LOVES to dig and get buried and cosy for naps. Panic pooping is good way to put it! Fig panic poops without being lifted though, like when she was in the same enclosure with Magda for a few...

No worries, I know I wrote a lot. The cherryhead and redfoot were kept together for a couple of months in a large enclosure with lots of hides and sight barriers but I separated them a few weeks ago. Now each tortoise has its own enclosure without any access to each other. They're both doing...

Hello, I'd like to know others experience with cherryheads vs redfoots. My cherryhead (Fig) is very territorial and I think also very easily stressed. To cut to the chase, here are some of my questions regarding cherryheads related to my particularly situation: Are cherryheads stressed out...

I thought about doing this sort of setup with a kiddie pool and topper for my young redfoot, I'm interested to see how yours goes.

I'm thinking about rehoming my approximately 2 yo cherryhead, but from what I can tell you're close to the other Portland (I'm in Maine).

Thanks! I have an approx. 2 year old cherryhead which a year ago had a speck of marbling and has since made marbling their whole personality 🤣 It will be interesting to see the age when marbling no longer develops in the new growth. My cherryhead is also pretty antisocial (and easily stressed)...

Beautiful! How old is Nitro? His marbling is really cool, do you know around what age he stopped marbling and the black became dominant?