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    Newest Additions! (picture heavy)

    While I was at my last vet appointment with my injured yearlings, I had a chance encounter with a lady who has several adult redfoots, and was looking to downsize....she asked if I would be willing take some. Of course!! So today, I became the proud new owner of 3 more...
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    Attacked Tortoises Made it!! (with pics)

    So, back in November, two of my yearling redfoots (Pickles and Hiccup) were attacked and sustained injuries. They both had the front of their front legs eaten to the bone (it was awful seeing bone exposed), and injuries to their shell. Hiccup's shell damage was much worse than Pickles...
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    Tortoise with Open Wounds

    Okay, so I know I have a predator after my tortoises. Even after I went to great lengths to secure their sleep box, something got in an killed 2 more while they were locked in there overnight. So, I've started locking them all in plastic bins with secure lids, at night. I always put them...
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    DESPERATE Help With Snapping Turtle

    I am talking to a friend who needs immediate help....I'm relaying all of the info second hand, so please bare with me if I can't answer questions properly. He recently received 4 alligator snapping turtle hatchlings, and had one already. He just found two of them turned white, and are not...
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    How long in Hospital Tank??

    So, I posted a couple of weeks ago, about my tiniest hatchling having a possible URI. I also updated saying she was getting better....the day after my update, she got worse again. Anyway, she's been doing really well, but I still have her in the hospital tank (hot and humid)....she won't...
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    Just got my Rescue Girl home!!

    I was finally able to pick up my rescue girl. Our fence isn't complete yet, but the owner said she was going to throw her out if I didn't come for her. I currently have her in a temp set up, but it should work for a few days while we're completing the fence (I will post pics of it...
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    I'm so in love!!

    Just met my new rescue girl. She's approx. 10 years old. She actually looks really great considering the conditions she's been kept in, which is in a dog house, not fed regularly...the guy has gone up to 3 weeks without feeding her, and then throws in tons of mangoes and lets them rot in...
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    Can you cure an RI without a vet?

    Not sure if that's my little one's issue, but from searching TFO it sounds like it. I went away for a week, and my hubby was in charge of the tortoises. He works full time, and had never spent much time with them, so I wrote out clear, to-the-point instructions (I tried to make them simple...
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    Can it be too big?

    I am going to be taking in a rescue adult redfoot (at least 10 years old), so I need to set up a space for him/her. I have a large fenced in yard, and a section that can easily be portioned off to make a pen for the new tortoise, but it's pretty big. It's 50' wide at one end, 27' wide at...
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    Attachment Issues after a Loss

    First of all, I feel really bad posting this, so please try to be understanding. Many of you know that a couple of weeks ago, I lost two tortoises....one of them, Gruffalo, was my baby....he was my early riser, up and ready to go as soon as I was....he had so much personality. My tortoise...
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    Devastated...found two babies dead!

    My family and I are absolutely devastated, as we found two of out hatchlings dead this afternoon. I'm completely lost as to what happened. One of them was "Riddle", the one with split scutes that had and injured shell yesterday....the other was Gruffalo...he was my baby, and had the...
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    Injured shell. Please help! (pic attached)

    Okay, so just when I thought I was getting everything figured out, I noticed (during a soak) that one of the new babies has an injured shell. It looks fresh to me. It's pink. The baby, named Riddles, seems to be distressed. She's not acting like herself at all....she's pacing, and...
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    How Often to soak?

    I see tons of threads on soaking your tortoise, often seeing people soaking everyday. I'm wondering how often I should be soaking mine. I have 4 water dishes big enough for soaking, in their enclosure...I see them in the dishes on a regular basis (I have a couple of the dishes strategically...
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    Lizards, Toads & Tortoises....oh, my!

    So, I'm not entirely sure where to post this, so please let me know if it's in the wrong place. My Redfoots are housed outside. I currently have 8 redfoots in two different enclosures (made a second enclosure for my hatchlings, due to advice on here. I'm so thankful I did, as they really...
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    Beginning of Pyramiding?? What now?

    I recently noticed that two of my redfoots are beginning to pyramid. I feel like I'm failing them, and not sure how to fix things. They are approx. a year old, and have been housed outside forever (I obtained them from a lady who has several in her yard, and often lay eggs). They hatched...
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    Incubation Temperature Determines Sex?

    Okay, so please don't laugh, as this is totally new to me...and I might be posting in the wrong section, but I didn't know where else to put this. :) I was recently visiting a friend who adopted a redfoot, and is going to adopt a hatchling from the same people I adopted mine from. They told...
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    Grenada Island Tortoise...subspecies?

    I live on the island of Grenada, and have 5 redfoot hatchlings (well, 2 are 7 months old, the other 3 are a couple weeks old). I was recently informed that the tortoises that are native here, are slightly different than other redfoots...almost like a subspecies. When I google redfoot...
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    Can I spoil my hatchlings?

    I recently acquired 3 redfoot hatchlings (also have 2, 7 month old redfoots)...I got each of them within a couple days of hatching. They are in a fairly big outdoor pen (9ft x 11ft), and the hatchlings seem really shy. There is a lot of vegetation in their pen, and I've been feeding them...
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    Natural Diet & Habitat

    Hey Everyone, So, I'm fairly new here. I think I've only posted once...and it was a while ago. My family and I recently acquired 3 red footed hatchlings. We got two of them at 3 days old, and other we got the day after it hatched. We already had two...they are approx 6 - 7 months...
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    Just Another Intro

    Hi All! My family and I just adopted 2 Red Foots today (Hiccup and Pickles)!! We are living in the Caribbean, and after a long search, we finally found a lady with captive bred Tortoises here (I've been wanting a tortoise for years, but am not interested in wild-caught, which is more...
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