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#2255480 Wackymama View Profile	Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat My son bought a red-footed tortoise 2 weeks ago. He’s 4 years old and is joining my sons existing 2 year old female red-footed tortoise. The 4 year old tortoise will not eat. He’s tried greens and fruit. We could really used some advice here. Thanks for your time.
02/15/12  10:46pm
#2255506 Chameleon_man View Profile	Message To: Wackymama   In reference to Message Id: 2255480  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat what is temp in cage? what size cage?
02/16/12  09:06am
#2255590 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Wackymama   In reference to Message Id: 2255480  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat where’d you get it from?....perhaps contact the previous owner as to prefered diet. Mine loves, blue berries, diced strawberries, corn on the cob. and soaked koi pellets for protein. also likes superworms, earthworms & on occasion cat food... as long as your husbanry requirements are in tact (temp, humidity, UVB lighting, substrate) a red-foot should Pig-out atleast every other day..... I would quarantine this red-foot as if it is infected it can pass it on to the other red-foot if housed together. perhaps, take a poop sample to the vet for a fecal testing as to parasites
02/16/12  05:33pm
#2255631 Wackymama View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2255590  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat I will try blue berries and increasing the temperature. Thank you very much for the advice!
02/16/12  09:28pm
#2255698 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Wackymama   In reference to Message Id: 2255631  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat can you give me a size & weight of your Red-Foot & we can determine its over-all growth and general health as to size my 2 1/2 year old Red-Foot is almost 8" inches(measured at the bottom of shell) and wieghs 1 1/2 kilos or 3 lbs. for best growth rate & health a humidity level of 60% minimum is required
02/17/12  09:18am
#2255699 Chameleon_man View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2255698  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat i used to have mine with my berded dragons in a 4x4x3 with a fogger :-) lol
02/17/12  09:28am
#2255701 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Chameleon_man   In reference to Message Id: 2255699  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat & were is it now?........................as Red-Foots live for 60+ years
02/17/12  09:41am
#2255702 Chameleon_man View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2255701  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat im sorry they are sill in same tank :-) lol idk why i worded it like that. ha. there are about 5-8 in head to tail.
02/17/12  09:45am
#2255704 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Chameleon_man   In reference to Message Id: 2255702  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat Beardies prefer a hot, dry environmenet with lots of lighting... & Red-Foots prefer a shady, humid environment with a water source & damp substrate to wallow in and hides provided to get out of the light for awhile as they can be light sensitive..... thats more of an environment favorable to housing with Water Dragons than Bearded Dragons.
02/17/12  10:29am
#2255706 Chameleon_man View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2255704  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat i had hot on one side and cool on other. both turtles and dragons baskeed togeather. they eat togather fine and there happy everyone. they all have there temp right like they want it. i would never put them in danger.
02/17/12  10:34am
#2255708 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Chameleon_man   In reference to Message Id: 2255706  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat I’m not saying your putting your Red-Foot in immidiate danger, though there is a thing known as "Natural Known Habitat" in which a species has evolved to certain conditions & is best equipped to "thrive in" there is a BIG difference in "surviving" & "thriving"
02/17/12  11:04am
#2255709 Chameleon_man View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2255708  Red Footed Tortoise Won’t Eat ow ya i understand. :-) they did grow up togeather since dragons where babies (they where seperated in same cage but could see each other) and when dragons got bigger i put them togeather. they do normaly hang out in different spots where temp is different. dragons climb branch i have to get the warmth they want and need when tortised stay a little farther away. I will try and put up pic when i can. I have not been able to upload pic on this site lately.
02/17/12  11:12am

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