Thank you for your responses. I have done some deeper inquiring with some friends of mine, and though the internet suggests they are not native here, I have actually found someone who says they have seen one here before. I am shocked at this because there is literally no standing fresh water...
Well my only 2 options were to leave this poor guy to die or take him home and try to see if I could help him. Quite obviously (though not at the time) I got rather attached and want to help. I would not have ever sought a pet due to my financial state and lack of ability to obtain necessary...
Well I don't modify temp in any way. I don't have the ability to, but it is usually about 3-5 degrees hotter in my house than outside I would say. I live in the Caribbean quite literally in a shack without air conditioning lol. I have a tile floor which is a little cooler but it is probably...
So I found my tortoise wandering in an extremely arid region of an island I live on in the Caribbean. When I took him home I didn't think too much about the cardboard siding to his enclosure getting wet as he rested his nose on it, but I started reading into it and found maybe this could be a...
I am hoping to move to a different place in the next couple months. going to hope these arrangements work out until then, but that sounds like a great Idea and I will try to implement that idea at my next place. Though, I am not sure I could find one of those on this island. There aren't any...
Temps are usually about 85-88 inside here each day. cold day today and its only about 82 but that is very unusual... Night lows around 75 in winter, 80 during summer
I get him outside for about an hour each day, but I can look at boarding up a small area somewhere around here that he could...
ok I am working on transforming an old bookshelf into a home for him. is there a different something I could find outside for substrate? remember I live tropical. thanks.
He does seem to really enjoy just hanging out under the little "awning" I made for him in his current enclosure usually, but...
Thank all for the help, I rent a small hut from a west Indian lady that surly won't let me change my backyard (which is her garden) into a tortoise enclosure. Though that sounds awesome, I unfortunately won't be able to do that at this time. What I may be able to do is work on an indoor...
thank you allegraf for pointing me to the thread that was related. that is very interesting. So there might actually be more of these on this island. I have studied so much of the flora and fauna and didn't ever come across anything suggesting any kind of tortoise ever roamed these parts. Very...
Okay I am trying to upload 1 picture with this post. I can do better/more pictures if needed tomorrow when it is light out again. I feel like this has become my child lol. Love this little guy. Can anyone tell me how old they think he might be? and if he is actually a he? like I said. shell is...
Hello,
I am Nathan, I signed up for this forum because I found a tortoise in the wild that I believe has been accurately classified as a redfoot. I am an avid hiker and live on an island in the Caribbean (I won't get more specific) that I have found these tortoises are not native to. I know...