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Help!! My 25 year old redfoot Beasley went our to her safe outdoor pen around noon. When I brought her in at 6pm she looked like this! She is reluctant to bring her head out of her shell and her left eye is swollen--and there is this red sore behind her eye. I have no idea what could have...

This is not something I thought tortoises did. But twice now I have put hibiscus blossoms on one side of Beasley's outdoor pen and then later in the day found their remains in her house, nearly 20 feet away. ??? I don't see how they got there unless she carried them there to eat. Has anyone...

My redfoot Beasley turned 25 yesterday! She has been with me 24.5 of those years. Longest relationship of my life other than my parents, my brother, and my best friend LOL. And I see more of Beasley! Her new pen at our new place is coming along great! The large Rose of Sharon tree will take...

I am interested in seeing what people are doing for indoor enclosures for larger tortoises who must be indoors for part of the year due to climate. Redfoots especially, but any larger adult tortoises (not the smaller ones). It's time to think about an upgrade for Beasley, and I need ideas. :-)...

So in a search I figured out that a lot of people here use the Crane Elephant Humidifier and then use tubing to route the mist into the enclosure. First, others I have spoken with recommend warm mist rather than cool mist. The elephant is cool mist. Thoughts on that? Second, what tubing do...

I am working on an outdoor enclosure for the first time in 19 (!!) years. My 24 year old RF, Beasley, and I just moved to a new place. I have the enclosure well started, and am beginning to think about plants and such. Beas is pretty large, so I will probably look for large, well started...

So per my other thread, I am working on a new outdoor pen for Beasley (redfoot, 25 years) at my new place. Today it was 68F bizarrely, and I thought about putting her out for a while, but ugh--I don't know. She had a terrible reaction to the move--really surprised me. I figured that my dog...

So at my old place, Beasley (redfoot) had a Rose of Sharon. It made her delicious blossoms all summer. :-) I have learned of native hibiscus (rose mallow) and would like to plant one in Beasley's new enclosure at the new place, but they seem to like a lot of sun. That said, some pages say they...

I haven't been around much lately, but my redfoot Beasley (now almost 24) is doing well. We recently moved from my farm of 19 years, where she had an 8x50 pen, to a condo. I managed to find a place with a large yard for a condo, and I have sectioned off about half of it for Beasley. The pen...

Hi all -- I haven't been active lately, but my redfoot Beasley, who will be 25 in the Spring (!!!), is doing great. We are moving from my farm, where we have been for 19 years, to a condo in town. I prioritized the animals in my search and found a really great place that has the largest yard I...

My adult redfoot had some rehydrated dry cat food this afternoon--something she does weekly. Now she is making a funny sound. I will try to get video. She is soaking in the tub right now, as I'm hoping she drinks. It seems likely the culprit was the cat food, as she was fine beforehand...

I have only used very low-wattage CHEs in the past--and not since Beasley's baby enclosure many years ago. I am experimenting with a 160 watt CHE in Beasley's 4x6 open indoor enclosure, and man is it hot. I raised the lamp it's in way up and have gotten it to be 90F in that area, which is OK...

She was basking under the UVB light (oddly -- more on that later) and she looked cute with her feet kicked back. Then I walked up and realized her head was stretched out in front of her and her eyes were closed. "Beasley?" I said. Nothing. "BEASLEY!" as I reached for her shell. Poor thing...

So I got some from someone who has a mulberry tree (unsprayed) and Beasley (redfoot) hates them. :( She devours hibiscus and I figured they aren't that different, but apparently they are. I keep offering them and she keeps looking at me like I'm offering her meth. As far as I can tell, she...

I always get Beasley a few hibiscus bushes every summer and when it gets cold they just die. I don't plant them (just mourn the pot in her large outdoor pen) and doubt they would survive the winter here. But might they do OK inside? My cats eat plants but at least it's non-toxic LOL. I could cut...

OK. So building off my "Humidifier Angst" thread . . . I have reworked some things. I still have a humidifier (another brand than the one that leaked) on the way. I can keep the humidity up without it, but if it works, great! If this one leaks too, I will probably give up and just keep pouring...

I ordered some. The plan is to coat all fruit with it this winter when I can't get fresh dandelion greens. I have a redfoot, so she gets more fruit than a lot of species. Has anyone fed this? I got them here: https://www.tortoisesupply.com/Dandelionleaf

So 12 years ago, when Beasley (redfoot) was 10, I was told she was female. I just want to make sure, I guess. I've seen so many vent shots on forums and at this point they all look the same. Please don't tell me we have to do yet another gender transition! Not sure I can do that again...

Figured it was time to introduce myself and my Redfoot, Beasley. :-) She is now 22 and has been with me since she was a hatchling. Outlasted my ex husband by 6 years! :-) Back when I first got her, I was on a lot of forums and listservs, but once things were going well, I eventually dropped...

Ugh. Trying to get a better humidifying system for my redfoot's indoor enclosure ahead of the winter. I have long relied on spraying everything down with an industrial sprayer several times a day and want to get a humidifer. I really do NOT want to have to rig a human humdifier--trying to...