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Hello guys good evening everyone =]
I am thinking about adopting an adult redfoot tortoise to add to my family of two juveniles in 3 months when my birthday comes around in april.Well i really only have 1 redfoot but my friend lives with me so we are sharing the tank between both of our redfoots. Mine is 1 year and his is a newborn (couple weeks old)!
generally lets just say say the adult tortoise is 15inches. So how big of an enclosure would i need to build for this guy if i was to buy one, and what would be the cheap safest most efficient way to do this? Not like how to build but i mean like what can i use. I read that for one adult you could use just a large kiddy pool. I would assume adding to juvenile wouldn't hurt. But i don't want to just assume i want consent from other people
And here is the biggest one of them all. How much would it generally cost to feed an adult redfoot weekly?
and what kind of heat sources would i use to heat a big enclosure like that. Would i just double or triple the lamps on the one side or?
But again im just looking around figuring out whats best. To be honest im debating on if i should adopt another juvenile/baby tortoise or if i want an adult. But it would be cool to have an adult tortoise to take care of and watch it walk around my yard and interact with it alittle! =]
Ill probably most likely adopt another juvenile but i thought id look into an adult!
I am thinking about adopting an adult redfoot tortoise to add to my family of two juveniles in 3 months when my birthday comes around in april.Well i really only have 1 redfoot but my friend lives with me so we are sharing the tank between both of our redfoots. Mine is 1 year and his is a newborn (couple weeks old)!
generally lets just say say the adult tortoise is 15inches. So how big of an enclosure would i need to build for this guy if i was to buy one, and what would be the cheap safest most efficient way to do this? Not like how to build but i mean like what can i use. I read that for one adult you could use just a large kiddy pool. I would assume adding to juvenile wouldn't hurt. But i don't want to just assume i want consent from other people
And here is the biggest one of them all. How much would it generally cost to feed an adult redfoot weekly?
and what kind of heat sources would i use to heat a big enclosure like that. Would i just double or triple the lamps on the one side or?
But again im just looking around figuring out whats best. To be honest im debating on if i should adopt another juvenile/baby tortoise or if i want an adult. But it would be cool to have an adult tortoise to take care of and watch it walk around my yard and interact with it alittle! =]
Ill probably most likely adopt another juvenile but i thought id look into an adult!