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  1. Ernie Johnson

    A New Update on red foot types

    You are correct. My bad.
  2. Ernie Johnson

    A New Update on red foot types

    Thanks, much appreciated. They need to be ~6 inches long or 5-7 years old to be certain UNLESS your breeder can tell you the incubation temps (84-86 gets you a mix so you;d be SOL) then you'd have a higher (but not definitive) ability to know the sex. Stubby tail and flat plastron are male...
  3. Ernie Johnson

    Easy red foot enclosure .

    If you use 100 watt HE's and they're spaced 18 inches apart and each one is 15 inches away from the substrate in an enclosed pen it shouldn't get any hotter than 100-105 under it. I used two in our 4x8 foot enclosed RF pen and it kept it a nice 80-90 degrees year round across the pen with...
  4. Ernie Johnson

    Please critique my redfoot care sheet!(picture heavy)

    I'm here, just so busy with my day time gig (I'm an IT guy) so I don't have as much time to add moderately intelligent replies (and add more videos to my YT channel ) as I'd like to.
  5. Ernie Johnson

    Please critique my redfoot care sheet!(picture heavy)

    Having worked with these guys for 18+ years and hatched dozens and dozens of F2 RF's from my breeding pair, here's my commentary. All in all, very good. Diet is too heavy on the greens end as in the wild they eat a 55-60% fruit diet (which I've used for 18 years to great success). As for...
  6. Ernie Johnson

    Easy red foot enclosure .

    Yes, HE's are the way to go. Been using them for 18 years and they work like a charm and last and last and last.
  7. Ernie Johnson

    Easy red foot enclosure .

    The big things for RF's and YF's, especially sub-adults, are a constant humidity of 75-90% and temp of 80-90 degrees. These torts, in my opinion, are the most susceptible to pyramiding because people just don't understand the critical nature of their need of high humidity throughout their...
  8. Ernie Johnson

    Does diet contribute to pyramiding.

    This may be going too deep in the weeds (no pun intended) on the diet front, but feeding a very high percentage of greens would have them ingesting matter with a much higher level of oxalic acid than they would in the wild and it's a strong dicarboxylic acid that occurs in many plants and...
  9. Ernie Johnson

    Does diet contribute to pyramiding.

    My 2 cents, FWIW. Off all the ones I've hatched over the last 7 years I've seen this happen twice. Until the last 2017's I never gave mine any "supplementation" until 6 months old, nor animal protein. With this last batch I've decide to do what I've done for my Russian's and supplement with...
  10. Ernie Johnson

    My Horsfield is not eating, and is sleepy,please help.

    Lucypup. Go watch these and you and your RT will have a long, happy life together. There are six in the series and if you don't mind the ads they're free. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LRKVRTE/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
  11. Ernie Johnson

    My Horsfield is not eating, and is sleepy,please help.

    November through March is their hibernation period in the wild and if yours is wild caught then its acting perfectly normal - unless you've noticed any other issues. Mine stop eating in October and start their hibernation phase every year (18 and counting) like clockwork, so very good chance...
  12. Ernie Johnson

    Leopard Tortoises URI Enrofloxacin Alternatives

    Southlake Animal Hospital is the name of Dr. Morre's facility.
  13. Ernie Johnson

    Leopard Tortoises URI Enrofloxacin Alternatives

    He's our Tort vet and he really knows his stuff. Also a long time Sulcatta and Leopard breeder.
  14. Ernie Johnson

    mazuri

    Here's a link where you can watch a few of the ones I've set up as free previews (who am I and indoor pens) https://tortoisehusbandrycourses.zenler.com/courses/successful-redfoot-and-yellowfoot-tortoise-care8473
  15. Ernie Johnson

    mazuri

    Aqualce, shoot me your email and I'll send you a link to my Redfoot/Yellowfoot video husbandry course for free. It'll make life a whole lot easier for you and your RF.
  16. Ernie Johnson

    mazuri

    Don't forget RF's eat a 55% fruit diet, so add papaya, mangoes, fresh figs (when available), cactus fruit along with the greens. Mine eat turnip, collard, and dandelion greens, endive, escarole, and radicchio, so you have a wide palate of choices for them. As for Mazuri, my RF's eat it with...
  17. Ernie Johnson

    My yard and fire ants

    They are a plague here in North Texas and in our yard. I use boiling water poured right on the mound around sunrise. Works like a charm, but leaves burn spots in the lawn for a few months.
  18. Ernie Johnson

    night time lows.

    I'll chime in with regard to tropical forest torts - Redfoot's. I'm in the nighttime temp drop has no effect on them camp and here's why. If you look at Guyana (where my breeding pairs parents are from originally) it's a fairly accurate representation of any around the equator tropical country...
  19. Ernie Johnson

    Advice needed! (Nutrients miss'g from diet???)

    If she's getting a 35-50% garden weeds, 25% dark leafy greens, 10-15% cactus, and 10% dried timothy/orchard hay diet, water so she can hydrate as she wants to, and getting enough UVB/UVA she's not missing anything diet-wise. It's what mine have been getting for 17+ years and they breed...
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