Recent content by RonTheTortoise

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The mouse were purchased frozen from the local pet store. My tortoises require protein in their diet and that is the way the natural food chain works.

CAUTION, this is not a video for the faint of heart! My boyfriend caught a time-lapse video of my three redfoots sharing a small fuzzy mouse. I can barely watch it but they defiantly enjoyed their treat!

My tortoises did this all the time! They would climb on the log and fall off, but never flipped themselves. I got so concerned about it injuring the bottom of the shell, I took away all their logs and we built a box shaped hide out, made of poster board. I wish I had a picture. But it was easy...

And they are adults, i forgot to mention, haha

Their basking habits might have to do with climate. I got my girls about a year ago and before we got them, they were kept out in a garage and it was most likely too cold for them. And ever since we got them, they have had a habit of laying out under the warm lights. Thanks so much for your...

I'm sorry that I'm not here to answer your question but actually ask one, vargasmelissa, haha. But I was just wondering how you tested your tortoise for parasites? My tortoises had parasites last year and I had them on a regimen of medicine but I would like to keep checking them to make sure...

It's only 100 degrees in their basking spot, and I've read that they need a warmer spot to bask in the 90s range. We only keep it that hot because they seem to love it. My girls will lay directly under the bulb and stick all their legs out Just like that, haha. The rest of their tank is between...

The first picture is the tortoise I was specifically talking about, the second is of the humid room, where we have a basking spot that ranges from 90 degrees to 100 degrees and the humidity is at 60 with the fogger. The third picture is of the dry area with a running water source and that gets...

How fast is a red foot tortoise supposed to grow? I know it's probably different for each tortoise but I'm looking for an average. I've had my one red foot for almost two years and I've only noticed about 1/8th of an inch of growth measuring from the bottom of his shell in one year. I have not...

Do you mean separate them permanently or only during their soaks? Thanks for the response!

I have 3 redfoots (7-9 years), non-cherry heads as I know the cherry heads can be more aggressive by nature. Two are female, and the one female seems to have been nipping at the others' shells for awhile now and I just thought she was confused. But today we were soaking all of them in the same...

I put water on a q-tip and gently went at it, it rubbed off as a green blue color and pealed right off...weird?? My theory is maybe it was a zucchini skin that was a few days old, because I had someone else watching him over the weekend. Thanks for the responses!

My tortoise has developed a black spot on his head and I am very concerned about it, can anyone tell me what it is? There is a picture attached. It looks like I may be able to peel it off.

My male tortoise is now appearing with shell rot and I went out and got some Betadine to apply to the area and he is separated in a dry enclosure now. I did a lot of reading online and found out dirty water and mold may be causing the shell rot and it looks like my other tortoises are showing...