They sound so cute ! Yes i would love pictures ! Their coloring is very beautiful and strong. I have 2 russian tortoises at the moment and boy, do they have personality ! Haha. It must be lovely living on a farm with all that land. When i buy a house, i also want either a big back yard, or alot of land. Just so i can house more tortoises as you are thinking. I honestly think tortoises are much more fun than hamsters, which ive had many of. Its hard not to catch the tortoise bug and once its here, its hard to get rid of! I look forward to pictures of the baby red foots & the adult tortoises you will be taking in! Im also new but its a good thing we found this forum. So many experienced tortoise owners and such great advice !Thank you, they are very cute. The guess was 1 male and 3 females, the breeder knows a man who apparently is rarely wrong, but I'm aware I could have any combination. They all get along well, they are siblings, any sign of a randy tortoise will mean they get split up, but for now they are fine as they are so teeny.
The aggressive/assertive one was the oldest girl, she gets stroppy but the boy who is 2nd youngest and most confident is now settling in as the leader, he doesn't take any nonsense!
I'll get individual pictures up later so you can see them, I'm really happy with their colouring, gorgeous little things and I would never thought something like a teeny tortoise could have so much personality, I thought they were rocks with legs and a mouth!
I have the tortoise bug now, there is an old falling down animal shed used for keeping young calves in at the moment, it's right next to our house and it's a great size - we live on a farm. I'm looking at a complete rebuild and building a tortoise house and then looking for some adult tortoises who need new homes. I have space and time and have been searching for something to really get into for sometime now, I may just have found it. I will need tons of advice if I do move forward though, I've only been keeping tortoises a very short time so I know very little.
Yes, you will both definitely find lots of advice and inspiration for building tortie enclosures all over the forum! I have my male Russian outside at the moment, since we finally have some nice sun and higher temps here in the mitten state -- and on a weekend day!! Soon I'll be back outside modifying the garden to make it more interesting for my Russian, weeding, planting more fun treats! Let me know if you ever need help with gardening too; I recommend The Tortoise Table for selecting all the best nom noms. Can't wait for spring!!They sound so cute ! Yes i would love pictures ! Their coloring is very beautiful and strong. I have 2 russian tortoises at the moment and boy, do they have personality ! Haha. It must be lovely living on a farm with all that land. When i buy a house, i also want either a big back yard, or alot of land. Just so i can house more tortoises as you are thinking. I honestly think tortoises are much more fun than hamsters, which ive had many of. Its hard not to catch the tortoise bug and once its here, its hard to get rid of! I look forward to pictures of the baby red foots & the adult tortoises you will be taking in! Im also new but its a good thing we found this forum. So many experienced tortoise owners and such great advice !
They must be very happy being outside! I went to buy a little greenhouse and some soil and seeds yesterday so i could being planting vegetables and food for my russians also ! I will definitely be asking for gardening advice. My mom wasnt never all that great at gardening so im nervous about my luck. And yes, i use The Tortoise Table to make sure all the plants i feed my russians are safe also. Thank you!Yes, you will both definitely find lots of advice and inspiration for building tortie enclosures all over the forum! I have my male Russian outside at the moment, since we finally have some nice sun and higher temps here in the mitten state -- and on a weekend day!! Soon I'll be back outside modifying the garden to make it more interesting for my Russian, weeding, planting more fun treats! Let me know if you ever need help with gardening too; I recommend The Tortoise Table for selecting all the best nom noms. Can't wait for spring!!
Get a move on with your tort house or youll keep missing bargains like this. If I had the space I would snatch these up.Thank you, they are very cute. The guess was 1 male and 3 females, the breeder knows a man who apparently is rarely wrong, but I'm aware I could have any combination. They all get along well, they are siblings, any sign of a randy tortoise will mean they get split up, but for now they are fine as they are so teeny.
The aggressive/assertive one was the oldest girl, she gets stroppy but the boy who is 2nd youngest and most confident is now settling in as the leader, he doesn't take any nonsense!
I'll get individual pictures up later so you can see them, I'm really happy with their colouring, gorgeous little things and I would never thought something like a teeny tortoise could have so much personality, I thought they were rocks with legs and a mouth!
I have the tortoise bug now, there is an old falling down animal shed used for keeping young calves in at the moment, it's right next to our house and it's a great size - we live on a farm. I'm looking at a complete rebuild and building a tortoise house and then looking for some adult tortoises who need new homes. I have space and time and have been searching for something to really get into for sometime now, I may just have found it. I will need tons of advice if I do move forward though, I've only been keeping tortoises a very short time so I know very little.
I like the moss ramp you have!A couple of Bahia exploring, when the others sleep he is often patrolling the vivarium, probably plotting his escape...View attachment 167417
Ha. You got the bug. It's taking over my life.
They look fantastic. Can't wait to see what you come up with on future enclosure builds.
Get a move on with your tort house or youll keep missing bargains like this. If I had the space I would snatch these up.
http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/114065544/breeding-group-of-redfoot-tortoises-for-sale.html?link=/adverts/list?keyword=Redfoot+tortoise
I like the moss ramp you have!
I like the wood one with the moss on top. My boyfriend mentioned seeing aquarium-safe silicone; that's something completely new to me! Sounds like it makes a good humid hide for your redfoots, at least for the time being, anyway. What kind of moss are you using? That looks nicer than my sphagnum peat moss. I think we're ready to try something else. So many people on the forum have mentioned how much they love the coco coir, so I'm excited to open the brick of that I bought on Amazon! It probably won't be until we expand the tortoise table though.The little hide one, wood with moss top? Or the big one with coco soil on? The little one was just one of the cheap little hides, I applied silicone over the top and patted moss onto it. No idea how long it will last, but it is quite humid under and they like it, looks a little more natural than a line of twigs tied together with metal!
The big one that Bahia is climbing, that I made from polystyrene sheets silicones together, I then covered it in spray expanding foam, dried it and then shaped it. It has a tunnel hide under that Toastie lives in, it's lined with coco soil and filled with moss, she loves it, sometimes the others join her. The top is all covered in coco soil, it's not holding up so well, I would make it a little differently next time, but when I first built the vivarium it had a second floor and that hill was how they could get up there. Unfortunately I had heating issues under the shelf, so it was taken out he day after the tortoises moved in. The build I'm working on now has 2 floors but each floor is much bigger with its own heating and lighting so I can control the environment.
None of the others have done much exploring, they sort of eat and sleep, but Bahia wants to know every corner of the place and sleeps somewhere different each night, the rest are in pretty much the same spot every day. Fascinating characters