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  1. Layla

    Female Red Foot needs Loving Home, California, will not ship

    I am heartbroken to no longer be able to keep my son's precious Red Foot, Tortie. I lost my son 3 years ago so its very hard for me to let her go. She is approximately 13 years old and very social. She loves to sleep next to my cat in the cat bed and gets along with people and pets. She has a...
  2. Layla

    Lungs? Does this look right?

    Thanks, Sarah. I will call my Vet tomorrow and get he in.
  3. Layla

    Lungs? Does this look right?

    Thanks for answering! There is no whistling or gurgling. Her enclosure has one area that is enclosed and the other is open but covered with a sheet of clear platic that her UV lamp sits on top of. I have a hard time keeping the humidity up but the tempature in most of it is in the upper 70's...
  4. Layla

    Lungs? Does this look right?

    Thank you, Yvonne. Someone told me those where the lungs which I thought was odd. I will take her to the Vet.
  5. Layla

    Lungs? Does this look right?

    This is Tortie, she's about 5 years old and I've noticed lately that her lungs (at least that's what I think they are) are red and puffy looking. Is this normal? Does she need to see a Vet? She's been eating less but I think its because of the time of year. She still loves to get out and...
  6. Layla

    White Lines on Shell?

    Thanks so much, It only shows when she''s got her neck stretched out. I usually hold her and scratch her head/shell almost every day while I'm watching TV and had never noticed it before. I won't worry unless it appears when she's relaxed. I appreciate your response.
  7. Layla

    White Lines on Shell?

    Thank you! I had never noticed or read about that before! I appreciate your response.
  8. Layla

    White Lines on Shell?

    Hello Everyone and thanks in advance for any advise they give. This is my sweet girl, Tortie. When I picked her up up yesterday I noticed these white lines on her shell, I had never noticed them before. Also I gave her a soak and if you look at this picture it seems like she has a lump or...
  9. Layla

    Redfoot keeps flipping over

    Thanks everyone for this advice. I do think its a case of the 90 degree angle, she wants to crawl out and be with us (or so it seems) so I will see what we can do to prevent that angle. I do let her out to walk around (or sit on my lap so I can scratch her head) almost every night while I...
  10. Layla

    Redfoot keeps flipping over

    My sweet little girl is 5 years old and in the last several months she's been flipping over about twice a week. Sometimes I come home and she's like that and I don't know how long she's been that way but has never been under a light when it happened. I use "Forest Floor" substrate which is...
  11. Layla

    New Enclosure Issue: Heat, Humidity, UVB

    Hello everyone and thanks for reading this. I read some of the similar threads but didn't get my exact questions answered. My brother built a very large wooden, open enclosure for my RF its 6L x Hw enclosure made of plywood . It has a hide box in the corner that is has a plywood cover. She...
  12. Layla

    Redfoot - her legs seem weak

    Kathyth and Yvonne, thank you so much for your words of wisdom. She eats mostly greens (kale is her favorite) and I also give her grapes or banana a few times a week, tomatoes, boiled chicken, hibiscus leaves from the yard, carrots, that's about it. She sometimes gets in the dog food bowl and...
  13. Layla

    Redfoot - her legs seem weak

    I tried searching for an answer to this but didn't find one specific to what my tortoise is experiencing. It seems like her legs are too small or weak for her shell. She had a clean bill of health last time I took her to the Vet (about 6 months ago) but he did say her front legs could be...
  14. Layla

    My Redfoot is Lost in the Backyard and I am worried about night time tempatures

    thank you so much!!!! This does give me hope. I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow so I could stay home and search. I will try to find someone willing to do that for me. I just love my little girl so much and would be devastated to lose her.
  15. Layla

    My Redfoot is Lost in the Backyard and I am worried about night time tempatures

    Please don't get mad that she got lost, my elderly mother was watching her while she was out and looked away for a minute and she was gone. We have lots of plants and shrubs and four people spent a total of 2 hours or more trying to find her. Its going to get to be around 58 degrees out...
  16. Layla

    Should I Be Concerned?

    Thank you, Alma, you've given me a lot to check into. I didn't even know you could get heat lamps that were not red, all the ones I've seen so far have been red. I think maybe her enclosure is part of the problem.
  17. Layla

    Should I Be Concerned?

    Hello Everyone, I've had my Red Foot for about 8 months, she's 4 years old. Tonight she has her neck stretched way out and her eyes closed. Occasionally she'll pull her head back in then stretch it out very far and go back to the "sleeping" with her neck/head out. She has also been biting...
  18. Layla

    Newbie with Questions

    Thank you! That was a help! Layla
  19. Layla

    Newbie with Questions

    Hello, I'm looking for answers because have read/heard various things on how to care for a Redfoot. I think have the diet down, and the hydration but am now questioning how to set up her habitats. I was thinking of having her outdoors during the sunlight part of the days in a safe enclosed...
  20. Layla

    New Redfoot Owner

    Hello Everyone! I'm so thankful this forum exists, I have lots of questions due to conflicting information I've received from. I consider other owners the real experts so am looking forward to being on this site. I live in Southern California, this is my first Redfoot and first tortoise...
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