Turtlife
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- May 31, 2017
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Hey guys! Been lurking the forum on and off the last few months since I got two 4 yr old Redfoot Tortoises; Ron Swanson & Lil' Sebastian. Here is our intro:
I had been wanting a baby Redfoot for awhile, but after seeing a lot of info on this forum and realizing that there a lot of little guys that need homes...I decided to adopt instead of get myself a baby. So I ending up getting 2 instead of 1 Lol, and rescued these dudes (or dudettes?) from my local Craigslist about 4 months ago.
The previous owner said that they'd had them since they were babies, were about 4 years old (now 4.5) and had always housed them together. They lived in an indoor enclosure for the first 3 years, but then lived in an outdoor enclosure (Central FL - and was way too small) the last year. They seemed to think one was a boy and one was a girl, but weren't entirely sure.
So like I said I've had these guys for a few months now, living outside in Central FL, and have a few questions for the fine people of this forum.
1.) Can anyone sex these guys? I've tried looking it up myself and still am not sure Lol
2.) How do they look overall? I know they have some pyramiding going on..but is there anything else that catches your eye that I should be aware of?
3.) I am wanting to tackle their Pyramiding as best I can. I'm trying to combat it through:
- good nutrition (Dandelion Leaves, Mustard Greens, Mazuri-original-Tortoise food, along with various fruits/veggies weekly)
- supplementation (Calcium w/D3 3- 4x/wk, Calcium w/o D3 c1/wk).
- Humidity in their enclosure. Even though it's god awful here in FL in the summer and I don't understand how any living thing could want more humidity
Any advice/tips/critiques are welcomed and appreciated, thanks!!
* EDIT * - I plan on making a separate post about their new outdoor enclosure I just completed...didn't want too many things going on in one post!
I had been wanting a baby Redfoot for awhile, but after seeing a lot of info on this forum and realizing that there a lot of little guys that need homes...I decided to adopt instead of get myself a baby. So I ending up getting 2 instead of 1 Lol, and rescued these dudes (or dudettes?) from my local Craigslist about 4 months ago.
The previous owner said that they'd had them since they were babies, were about 4 years old (now 4.5) and had always housed them together. They lived in an indoor enclosure for the first 3 years, but then lived in an outdoor enclosure (Central FL - and was way too small) the last year. They seemed to think one was a boy and one was a girl, but weren't entirely sure.
So like I said I've had these guys for a few months now, living outside in Central FL, and have a few questions for the fine people of this forum.
1.) Can anyone sex these guys? I've tried looking it up myself and still am not sure Lol
2.) How do they look overall? I know they have some pyramiding going on..but is there anything else that catches your eye that I should be aware of?
3.) I am wanting to tackle their Pyramiding as best I can. I'm trying to combat it through:
- good nutrition (Dandelion Leaves, Mustard Greens, Mazuri-original-Tortoise food, along with various fruits/veggies weekly)
- supplementation (Calcium w/D3 3- 4x/wk, Calcium w/o D3 c1/wk).
- Humidity in their enclosure. Even though it's god awful here in FL in the summer and I don't understand how any living thing could want more humidity
Any advice/tips/critiques are welcomed and appreciated, thanks!!
* EDIT * - I plan on making a separate post about their new outdoor enclosure I just completed...didn't want too many things going on in one post!