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Hi everyone! I had a hard night working on my enclosure but its finally finished with some minor tweaks still... After a month of falling in love with my baby redfoot and a month of research, stress, fun, collecting a million supplies, and more research and all thanks to this site (also after...

Hi everyone, I am building my indoor tortoise enclosure and need some serious help. My frame and wall measurements got mixed up and all wrong so i am trying to make it work with the wood I have... But how far do my uv and heat have to be away from the bottom/tortoise? Is 13 inches away...

Hi everyone, I am slowly putting together my closed indoor closure for my baby red foot.. I have been tossing around ideas for my floor: So what I am doing so far I have a coffee table I bought and am going to use wood glue and glue down a platform that is painted with waterproof paint which...

Hi everyone, after a week of research or so from various forum readings and research on turtletary (my main source) and all the other recommended sources I have finally put together my diet plan for my baby red foot 4 month old Captain. Here is the diet plan, if you think I should add/change...

Hi dudes, i am beginning my closed enclosure and bought all my supplies (will make a thread with progress pics) but wanted to double check the safety of the water sealent paint i got from rona the girl said its the safest they had and shouldnt be harmful, less than 100 voc i think so she said...

Hi everyone, was curious if anyone knew any pet supply sites that are from canada and that are as good prices as the american supply sites, even amazon has ridiculous canadian prices compared to american. No zoomed products from america will ship to Canada :( Or if anyone knows any sites that...

Hi everyone i am making an indoor closed enclosure, i was wondering if I would need to insulate it? What could i insulate it with? If i do insulate it, will it be TOO hot in the summer? (I live in Canada) If I do would it be easiest if I do so like this: wood-> |{insulation}| <-wood

Hi everyone, so far in my baby red foots enclosure, no sign of mites but as i read about them i am very worried... i use just some new zealand sphagnum moss and lots of cypress mulch. In my new enclosure i am going to use cypress mulch, green sphagnum moss, and coconut coir (brick form)...

hello, I have so much to learn still agh i feel annoying! :( So I am building my tortoise enclosure for my baby red foot and wanted to know how planting works for live plants? I know only certain kinds of plants can be used for red foots but what kinds? And if i do plant them do i just...

Hi everyone, I am a newbie and have been using a small box of sphagnum moss (dry and yellowish colour) and mulch as substrate. After research, I realize moss and coconut coir are my best options, so I want to buy some moss online the best I can find is on lllreptiles but they have that sphagnum...

Hi everyone i am building an indoor closed enclosure i have the simple thermometer/hydrometer already that is just like little clocks but i was wondering for his new enclosure can I use something like this and put it inside? Would it be accurate to show the heat all around inside of his...

Hello everyone, I wanted to wait until summer to build my enclosure but I am very anxious to start now and make my baby tortoise happy with consistent humidity and heat levels. I just had a lot of specific questions on how it all works.. I am planning on building an indoor closed enclosure...

Right now my little guy red footed (4 months old) is in his fix up in a container and i have got the heat up to 90 but the humidity isn't stable, would it be worth to invest in a zoo med tortoise house? will it keep the heat and the humidity in because its basically closed off? and I can always...

Hello everyone, right now for my baby red foot he has a heat lamp and a uvb lamp, but i was wondering if it would be better to get that, Zoo Med 100 watt Powersun UVB heat bulbs its a combo thing, and if it would be okay if i used that cuz he's so young so that'd he only have one lamp correct...

Hello everyone, just got a baby red foot and wondering what sites are trusted and are good to buy supplies from??? Also, is it better/cheaper to buy online than in store? I really only have a local reptile store and petsmart to buy from...

hello!! Just working on keeping the humidity up in my open top enclosure and I know it's going to be hard for now because its open top, thinking of buying a humidifier for the room because it is super dry and it will help both me and my tortoise, but just wondering which is better to get, the...

Hi everyone, just wondering if it would be possible to find out the sex of my 4 month old red foot or is he too young? If not, what age could I be able to find out??? :P thanks

Hi everyone! I am Anna and have been using this forum for the past couple days, just wanted to introduce myself. I just got my red footed baby tortoise on the 29th i have wanted one for years and am so glad to finally care for one... i am still learning a lot about these guys and cant wait to...

hi everyone, again I'm new here just had some more questions, i'm seriously on this site all day now!! great tips and best help you can find anywhere online... Just had some questions about what I should be feeding my 6 month old baby red foot, i bought a variety of food from the forest...

Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been getting some great help. Todays day #2 with my lil guy named Captain...I love him already. We are from Canada and he is just 6 months old... So today I built him his habitat and just wanted to make sure I was doing everything alright... So I got a...