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Hello, I have a redfooted tortoise named Lucy. She is almost 6 years old now, I have had her since she was 1. I have been a university student the past 4 years but am recently graduated. Regretfully, a tortoise was probably not the best pet to get at this stage in my life as from now on I...

Hello, I have a redfooted tortoise named Lucy. She is almost 6 years old now, I have had her since she was 1. I have been a university student the past 4 years but am recently graduated. Regretfully, a tortoise was probably not the best pet to get at this stage in my life as from now on I will...

Hello! This may seem an odd question/concern. I was just soaking my 5 year old redfoot, I am alwasy really touchy with her during her soaks and by that i mean i gently rub down her arms and legs and her head and beak just to make sure everything is clean before i let her chill. It might not...

Hello, I have a 5.5 year old female redfoot. I noticed this summer that she has taken up eating her cypress mulch bedding. I didn't think it was a big issue, but I increased her fibre intake a bit as I assumed that might help. She continued to snack on her bedding. I am really concerned at...

Hello All, I have a question that may sound silly but I need to know. I just adopted a cat from my local humane society and it has been diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection, I am treating it with antibiotics. However, I was wondering if it is still safe to have my redfoot tortoise...

Hello, I have a redfoot tortoise about 4 years old. I took her out after work today and she is walking really weird. she is very close to the ground, almost crawling, taking tiny steps with all her feet. When i pick her up and move her she just drops right to the ground instead of standing up...

Hello, I posted pictures of my redfoot tortoise Lucy when she was 2.5 years old to see if she was male or female, the prevailing answer was female but now that she is 4, and has grown alot since then I have been having doubts -- I am by no means an expert, she is my first tortoise, but she...

Hello, I have a Redfoot tortoise named Lucy, about 3 years old now. She has been doing alot of growing in the past few months and I have noticed her eyes have gotten alot darker.. What concerns me is that the 'whites' of her eyes are very grey now. I didn't know if this was normal or due to a...

This is Lucy! earlier this year I built her a brand new enclosure and she sure is enjoying it! :)

Hello, I have a female red-footed tortoise, about 3 years old. So far, she has been perfectly healthy as far as i can tell.. behaving and eating normally. About 3 or 4 months ago a little white spot appeared on the back of her shell. I posted a photo here as a side question to another thread...

Hello, I have a Redfoot tortoise named Lucy. She is about 3 or 4 years old. I have recently built her a new, large enclosure complete with a humidifier, UVB light and a heat lamp for daytime and nighttime. After I introduced her to this enclosure, I unfortunately had to return to university...

Hello :) I have a juvenile redfoot named Lucy. I just built her this new enclosure (still needs some essentials [lighting, water etc.] i know haha) Lately i have been wondering what to do about heat at night? Her old enclosure was once used for a bearded dragon and so it had a undertank...

Hello all, My name is Annie and i've just joined this forum :) I have a red-footed tortoise named Lucy who is about 3 years old now and almost 7 inches long. Recently, I have been trying to confirm if she is in fact a female.. or a male? I am not experienced in sexing tortoises and she doesn't...