DukeofEdmonton
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Hi all, we recently bought home a red footed tortoise 🐢… we are told he’s a year old and probably male. I have a few questions I was hoping someone can help me with. He loves exploring when he’s out of his enclosure, when he’s inside he won’t go anywhere except burrow under his “cave” … Duke doesn’t eat till we hand feed him. It doesn’t matter how many hours, days we leave it thinking he will pop out and get hungry and eat. He Refuses the food pellets the store suggested, loves endives and chicories and mango and occasional tomato. but only if I hold it up in my hand then he walks towards it and eats up. Duke wont even drink till we pick him up and put him inside the water feeder. That’s when he extends his neck and dumps it into the water bowl. Won’t touch the calcium supplement we got. he chirps and yawns and let’s us pet him under his beak and on his head…doesn’t seem stressed at all, is he possibly blind or just part royalty and prefers to be taken care of instead of fetching for himself.