I've had my redfoot for about 5 months now, and when I got him the lady at the pet store recommended this lotion type stuff to put on his shell and legs, arms, etc. But I didn't have the extra money for it at the time, considering she lied to me about his age, and he has quite some pyramiding...
I have a redfoot and i'll feed him these multi-colored pellets consisting of: yellow, red, purple, and green. For some reason he never ever eats the red ones, I think he might eat a couple green, a few yellow, but mostly enjoys the purple ones. I wasn't sure why this was or if anyone had a...
He's 4 and a half inches or so long so not a baby, I put some pet store bought freeze dried fruit in his bowl and he munched it all, then I put some of the colorful little pellets in there expecting him to pick at them in a few hours, munched all those too.. I've never seen him eat like this...
Is it normal for my redfoot to spend a lot of time in his hide? I'm just using half a shoebox cut in half and put it in one of his corners so it's nice and dark, and he's spent like the whole day in there. Also is it okay if his waters warm? It's under the basking lamp.
guys is this lighting set up alright? Or do I need the screen over it to block out too much of the light for my redfoot. I had the lamp on top of the screen but I just noticed it's starting to burn through and I can't find a place to clamp it.. I don't know if this is okay.
Hey guys, Just bought my first tortoise yesterday along with a small 20 gallon starter tank with the lamps and such. I got a red foot tortoise, and after doing a lot of research when I came home i'm kind of depressed to find out that my little guy has a serious bit of pyramiding going on.
I...