Hello, a while a go i posted this thread on my baby redfoot that was sick and died
After he died, the seller i purchased it from replaced it with a new small redfoot, it arrived at 4 july 2018.
This is a little bit bigger then the previous one, hes arround 6.5cm scute length when it arrives a month ago.
I need help doing some basic health check based on the photos i take, i took photos of his face from side and front and also his shells.. Temperature is 80 - 95 all the time, i dont use heat emmiters because its the default tempreature where i live. The humidity is arround 70-80%.
Another thing i noticed that this new one also have some kind of watery stools problem, he pooped almost everyday and most of the time the stools are loose and green or brown, occasionaly its black and hard but not very often. I tought i made the correct diet change when poop is hard but the next day its back to green and watery again.
Other than that he seems pretty fine, he eats a lot (hes a bit of picky eater) and has gained arround 1 cm, i measured him again yesterday and he is now 7.5cm in scute length
Beside health check i have some questions also...
- Is it normal for redfoot to hide and sleep all the time ? He always sleeping in his hide and never came out unless i took him in the morning to soak and feed him. Once hes out he is very active tho. Should i take out his hide cave for now ?
- Is it safe not giving food for few days to eliminate the picky eating habbit ? He only wants to eat these : Romaine lettuce, Hibiscus (flowers and leaves), papaya, and RepCall tortoise diet (he only eat the purple one and ignore the other colors), and fumak vegetable, and ocasionaly mealworms. Other foods he wont touch at all. The seller said he was given mazuri before but i tried gave mazuri and he wont eat it.
- Sometimes when he wakes up in the morning his eyes difficult to open and watery, but once it opened he seems fine. Is this a problem ?
- Are weight differ individualy ? i also have a baby cherry head which is a bit smaller, but it is way heavier then my redfoot
After he died, the seller i purchased it from replaced it with a new small redfoot, it arrived at 4 july 2018.
This is a little bit bigger then the previous one, hes arround 6.5cm scute length when it arrives a month ago.
I need help doing some basic health check based on the photos i take, i took photos of his face from side and front and also his shells.. Temperature is 80 - 95 all the time, i dont use heat emmiters because its the default tempreature where i live. The humidity is arround 70-80%.
Another thing i noticed that this new one also have some kind of watery stools problem, he pooped almost everyday and most of the time the stools are loose and green or brown, occasionaly its black and hard but not very often. I tought i made the correct diet change when poop is hard but the next day its back to green and watery again.
Other than that he seems pretty fine, he eats a lot (hes a bit of picky eater) and has gained arround 1 cm, i measured him again yesterday and he is now 7.5cm in scute length
Beside health check i have some questions also...
- Is it normal for redfoot to hide and sleep all the time ? He always sleeping in his hide and never came out unless i took him in the morning to soak and feed him. Once hes out he is very active tho. Should i take out his hide cave for now ?
- Is it safe not giving food for few days to eliminate the picky eating habbit ? He only wants to eat these : Romaine lettuce, Hibiscus (flowers and leaves), papaya, and RepCall tortoise diet (he only eat the purple one and ignore the other colors), and fumak vegetable, and ocasionaly mealworms. Other foods he wont touch at all. The seller said he was given mazuri before but i tried gave mazuri and he wont eat it.
- Sometimes when he wakes up in the morning his eyes difficult to open and watery, but once it opened he seems fine. Is this a problem ?
- Are weight differ individualy ? i also have a baby cherry head which is a bit smaller, but it is way heavier then my redfoot