Red foot cherry head enclosure

[Jonesy7178]

Hello I’m looking to upgrade my tortoise enclosure currently he’s in a Rubbermaid under bed container witch is about 3ftx1.5ft. I’d like to upgrade to a bigger size but can’t seem to find any that’s larger. Also attached is a pic of the enclosure please let me know what else he needs. Thanks

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You'll need to get rid of that RED bulb. It makes everything look red. And therefore, everything looks like something to eat.
Use a CHE for heat.
I also don't see what you're using for UVB.
You'll need a strip florescent T5 UVB. Not one of those screw-in coiled compacts.
What is the ambient humidity and temperature?

 

[Jonesy7178]

You'll need to get rid of that RED bulb. It makes everything look red. And therefore, everything looks like something to eat.
Use a CHE for heat.
I also don't see what you're using for UVB.
You'll need a strip florescent T5 UVB. Not one of those screw-in coiled compacts.
What is the ambient humidity and temperature?

Temp stays around 70-75 and 80-90 in the light humidity stays around 65. Thanks for the info I didn’t know that about the light

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Temp stays around 70-75 and 80-90 in the light humidity stays around 65. Thanks for the info I didn’t know that about the light

Temps need to be over 80 for complete digestion. But Redfoot dislike temps above 90ish and can actually overheat at other tortoises higher basking temps.
Humidity needs to be over 70%

 

[Jonesy7178]

Temps need to be over 80 for complete digestion. But Redfoot dislike temps above 90ish and can actually overheat at other tortoises higher basking temps.
Humidity needs to be over 70%

Ok I’m in the process of making a new enclosure so this is all great info what’s the best way to get the heat and humidity to balance it will be a 6x3 enclosure with about a 2 ft cover on it

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Ok I’m in the process of making a new enclosure so this is all great info what’s the best way to get the heat and humidity to balance it will be a 6x3 enclosure with about a 2 ft cover on it

Use Orchid bark as substrate and pour a little water in it.
With a lid, the water will slowly evaporate and provide the humidity.
I get my Orchid bark from Home Depot and it's very inexpensive

 

[Jonesy7178]

Use Orchid bark as substrate and pour a little water in it.
With a lid, the water will slowly evaporate and provide the humidity.
I get my Orchid bark from Home Depot and it's very inexpensive View attachment 318947

Awesome thanks you how many lights do you think I would need for that sizes space to keep heat

 

[Maggie3fan]

It's hard for me to see as I can't turn my computer upside down, but do I see a drip type water bottle?
Plus use a strip fluorescent type uvb I think it's something like T5 bulb, and a Ceramic Heat Emitter for heat. Redfoots live on the forest floor so they don't like bright light. Didn't ZEROPILOT give you all the temperatures? I don't keep Redfoots, but I know some. He's the expert

 

[Jonesy7178]

It's hard for me to see as I can't turn my computer upside down, but do I see a drip type water bottle?

So sorry I’m new to all this and couldn’t get the picture to flip but yes I is there so the bowl is constantly full. Is that a bad thing to have

 

[Maggie3fan]

So sorry I’m new to all this and couldn’t get the picture to flip but yes I is there so the bowl is constantly full. Is that a bad thing to have

Well, no now that you say there's a bowl as I wasn't sure they could learn on of those bump kind of watering