@tarta4ever .. asked if I followed their growth - a few I did.
A Caresheet was created in 2005 - the 1998 hatchlings I acquired didn't take long before they started to grow bumpy/pyramided -- but I followed what they said online.. fed them hay and spring-mix ONLY.. a cool side and hot basking side [ where they never went ].. full lenghth UVB bulbs and by all means soak them every day [ which really scared the poop out of them ] - sound familiar? So I ended up with malnourished and pyramided yearling redfoot tortoises.
I asked around and talked with a few breeders .. [ not those lobbying for commercial tortoise product manufacturers ] and ended up creating a Caresheet that was virtually the opposite of what could be found back then. It was about too late for the first babies... so here's what THEIR babies grew like -
This Yellow hatched mid-2005 ..
Aug. 2007 -
Jan. 2008 -
I have a few more...
Any questions???
@Anyfoot
A Caresheet was created in 2005 - the 1998 hatchlings I acquired didn't take long before they started to grow bumpy/pyramided -- but I followed what they said online.. fed them hay and spring-mix ONLY.. a cool side and hot basking side [ where they never went ].. full lenghth UVB bulbs and by all means soak them every day [ which really scared the poop out of them ] - sound familiar? So I ended up with malnourished and pyramided yearling redfoot tortoises.
I asked around and talked with a few breeders .. [ not those lobbying for commercial tortoise product manufacturers ] and ended up creating a Caresheet that was virtually the opposite of what could be found back then. It was about too late for the first babies... so here's what THEIR babies grew like -
This Yellow hatched mid-2005 ..
Aug. 2007 -
Jan. 2008 -
I have a few more...
Any questions???
@Anyfoot