New enclosure

[tawaschc254]

I am planning on adding some plants and other things for him to hide and play under. In the meantime I am wondering if I have the kids like this if it is enough airflow.

 

[tawaschc254]

I also have the lights higher now. They are about 10 inches above I would say

 

[Yvonne G]

Actually, it would be even better to cut holes out of the plastic lid for the lights, and close it completely. The lights should he hanging vertically, not at an angle, and the screen filters out a good portion of the UVB rays, making your UVB light ineffectual for the tortoises.

What kind of tortoise lives in there?

 

[tawaschc254]

There is a Red foot in there. The lights aren't at an angle. Just happen to be in the picture. I thought if the lights were to close it could hurt the tortoise.

 

[Yvonne G]

Usually the packages advise for the lights to be no closer than 12" to the top of the tortoise's shell.

 

[DutchieAmanda]

I'd love to see a pic of your redfoot too

What's the humidity in your new enclosure? Redfoots (redfeet?) really like high humidity.

 

[Rutibegga]

You probably want to enclose it a little more. Redfoots do best in pretty high humidity: around 80%. It's really hard to maintain that in a fully-enclosed environment, so with that much of a gap, you won't be able to keep humidity up unless you've found a way to make it rain in there every hour or two

 

[tawaschc254]

Here is my little friend. I rescued him from a pet store that wasn't taking great care of him.