I just moved to a new house with a bigger backyard with lots of shade and sunlight. It filters through the canapony of the trees almost all day. There are patches of sunlight in the entire enclosure. I didn't add a substrate, no cypress much or sphagnum moss. I just put the tortoise pen in a grassy area with some tall and some short grass. Some grass is dry and the tortoise seem to like it a lot. The shade they get is from a mimosa silk tree. Some pink silk flowers were falling and they were eating them. This is also the first time I see them enjoy eat dead leaves and brown grass and I added some grape leaves and they enjoyed them as well. I don't think the.torts had a problem readjusting to their new home I saw some nice activity from all the tortoises they were all very active, I think the lighting, the shade and the temps had something to do with it. It was wild behavior I think but should I trip about the torts eating dead grass and leaves? This is a first for me. Let me know if you know anything about this thanks!
Redfoots eating dead grass|leaves is it okay
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I just want to make sure that they are not eating something that they're not supposed to.
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Did the last home owners have a cat or a dog ?
N2TORTS I was told that they had a cat that ran away about 5 months ago
Ahhhh, are thinking your brown grass is the equivalent to our yellow snow.
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The reason I asked ....Redfoots are famous for eating other animals excrement. If you see them grazing on a "dead" area ....it could be from a prior animal at the house, in which waste that was picked up, still have scents and "little" left overs is what their after. I don't think much credit is giving in the animal world to tortoises but they have an incredible keen sense of smell
Mine ate two logs of cat poop before. I didn't even know it was there until he sniffed it out. Should've known he'd be so good at finding buried treasure. I placed him on the other side of the yard thinking he wouldn't get to it fast enough and I'd be able to grab a plastic bag to pick it up but nope, he zipped over and ate two whole logs of it. Nothing bad happened other than the sheer mortification I experienced.
I think the only risk is if the animal that dropped the doubloons had been given Ivermectin as a dewormer. IIRC that's more of a dog thing.
I think the only risk is if the animal that dropped the doubloons had been given Ivermectin as a dewormer. IIRC that's more of a dog thing.
@N2TORTS I agree they are like dogs
My Redfoots are terrible poop eaters, sometimes they accidentally eat the grass around it as well.
I don't worry about them eating dry grass or leaves as long as they are safe to eat and they have access to fresh clean water.
I don't worry about them eating dry grass or leaves as long as they are safe to eat and they have access to fresh clean water.
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Some of my Redfoot prefer to eat yesterdays leftover food, nearly spoiled fruit and crusty, day old Mazuri.
And ALL of them love dog and cat poop.They got a nasty batch of round worms from them eating feral cat poop.
They also made a meal out of a dead rat...And ate half of the wooden trap!
If it's nasty, it's on the menu!
I find nothing that they eat to be unusual anymore.
And ALL of them love dog and cat poop.They got a nasty batch of round worms from them eating feral cat poop.
They also made a meal out of a dead rat...And ate half of the wooden trap!
If it's nasty, it's on the menu!
I find nothing that they eat to be unusual anymore.
I caught my smallest eating a dead snake. It really makes me wonder why I bother buying them expensive exotic fruits. I make salads fit for a king and they get trampled on their way to the nearest rotting corpse.
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At least I know they will be fat and happy in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Mmmm...dandelions and rotting severed heads!
Linhdan Nguyen
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Lol those that own redfoot tortoises will be the only human survivors
LOL @LaDukePhoto
Hey guys he torts seem to be doing okay after a week in their home. I looked at their poop and found a lot of brown grass in there so I guess they are getting more fiber
