So I have finished my herd.
I recently heard of a new petshop opening in southern Alberta, and expressed an interest in their red foots. I was contacted by the owner, or rep for the owner about pricing and availability. I told him I was after an adult male. He told me he did have one, but that it was a rescue from a neglectful home.
I jumped on it.
3 hour road trip later, I was at a pet store in a different city. I'm guessing the original pet store that started the chain.
Boy does Horace have issues. A beak so overgrown it was covering his nose. Looked like a really hella thick toenail. He has a deformed jaw as a result. Pyramiding, but not as bad as Penelope's. I trimmed about 1/4" off of the beak to allow him the ability to eat. How long since his last easy to eat meal? Who knows. It still needs alot of trimming, as it's still well above any standard of normal. But I have bricks, rocks, and other various rough surfaces, and in the short time he's been here, I have seen him start grinding all by himself. His back nails are overgrown as well, to the point of curling. But he seems to have no trouble moving around, so I will save trimming those for another day. Don't wanna overload the little scamp, he needs to settle.
He is active and quite docile. He was very calm during the trimming process, which made it easier than I expected, but then again the only other beaks I've ground have been birds, and holy flying spaghetti monster, they don't make it easy on you.
He loves this new concept of a basking pool. He's a dried withered crisp this poor thing. He was loving the showers, and has spent most of his time wandering around, or soaking in the cake pan that is his pool.
He's roughly 9" scl, No clue on weight yet, bathroom scale is not so accurate, and I'm far too cheap to justify a nice kitchen scale, even though I could really use one for my cooking habit.
All in all, I think he will make a wonderful addition to the misfits I have acquired. Now comes my next goal of building an awesomesauce vivarium for when the little scamps become huge trompers. I'm a couple days away from a new 15sq/ft vivarium. I just need some more plastic... and a buttload of soil. But it should be a good experiment, before I can build the 'big one'.
I recently heard of a new petshop opening in southern Alberta, and expressed an interest in their red foots. I was contacted by the owner, or rep for the owner about pricing and availability. I told him I was after an adult male. He told me he did have one, but that it was a rescue from a neglectful home.
I jumped on it.
3 hour road trip later, I was at a pet store in a different city. I'm guessing the original pet store that started the chain.
Boy does Horace have issues. A beak so overgrown it was covering his nose. Looked like a really hella thick toenail. He has a deformed jaw as a result. Pyramiding, but not as bad as Penelope's. I trimmed about 1/4" off of the beak to allow him the ability to eat. How long since his last easy to eat meal? Who knows. It still needs alot of trimming, as it's still well above any standard of normal. But I have bricks, rocks, and other various rough surfaces, and in the short time he's been here, I have seen him start grinding all by himself. His back nails are overgrown as well, to the point of curling. But he seems to have no trouble moving around, so I will save trimming those for another day. Don't wanna overload the little scamp, he needs to settle.
He is active and quite docile. He was very calm during the trimming process, which made it easier than I expected, but then again the only other beaks I've ground have been birds, and holy flying spaghetti monster, they don't make it easy on you.
He loves this new concept of a basking pool. He's a dried withered crisp this poor thing. He was loving the showers, and has spent most of his time wandering around, or soaking in the cake pan that is his pool.
He's roughly 9" scl, No clue on weight yet, bathroom scale is not so accurate, and I'm far too cheap to justify a nice kitchen scale, even though I could really use one for my cooking habit.
All in all, I think he will make a wonderful addition to the misfits I have acquired. Now comes my next goal of building an awesomesauce vivarium for when the little scamps become huge trompers. I'm a couple days away from a new 15sq/ft vivarium. I just need some more plastic... and a buttload of soil. But it should be a good experiment, before I can build the 'big one'.