Pics of the Redfoot cage

Well, so they don't really need a CAGE so much.. but "Enclosure" takes up too much space in a title.
Here's Flash the redfoot Tortoise.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_0154.jpg

wow :)


what are the dimensions of that?

Redfoots are awesome :cool:

Great "cage" enclosure whatever you would like to call it ;)

Little fella looks great as well! More pictures!!


Mike :rockon:

The "tank" is 24" square(+). It's a not-for-water tank, with a screen lid. I had the tegus in it when they were small, then rats, but the rats tore the screen a little bit. The cat kept jumping up on the screen and popping it loose, so there was no using it for rats or tegus anymore. So I thought.. hey! Flash the redfoot tortoise can have a nice big enclosure. Here's another couple shots of him in his new spot. I'd take video.. but well.. it would look like a picture, since he doesn't do a lot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_0158.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_0159.jpg

Wow!
Beautiful torts and great cage! :D

Awwww! What a great looking home for the little guy! I love red-foots!! They're so cute and pretty when they're little!! LOVE the name, too! Too fun!!

You might want to check your humidity levels. It looks like it might have the start of Pyramiding. Todd

Pyramiding isn't a humidity issue it's a diet issue, I believe. Too much food I believe. I'd have to go back and check. I don't notice any pyramiding anyway...


Great setup by the way.

He eats various salad(no iceberg or spinach) and tortoise food, in addition to various fresh fruit or veggies.
Is this a good diet? Is there something I should be concerned with? I'm totally NOT a tortoise person. This was supposed to be someone else's and she just plain didn't care for it AT ALL, so I took it. So any advice(within reason, don't tell me he needs gourmet lettuce hothouse grown in Guam, imported through the Concord or anything, lol) would be welcome.
Wolfy

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Originally Posted by Reptilian

Pyramiding isn't a humidity issue it's a diet issue, I believe. Too much food I believe. I'd have to go back and check. I don't notice any pyramiding anyway...


Great setup by the way.

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The general consensus used to be that it was too much protein in the diet.
It has been proven by many big name breeders that it is a humidity issue. There was also an article in Reptiles mag.

it's not entirely known what the cause of pyramiding is, it could easily be many things compounded, or it's just something important missing from the environment. Either way it's not good. It's been contributed to, no D3, too little protein, too much protein, insufficient humidity, problems with calcium... just to name a few. The shell development does look slightly off, but nothing huge yet, you just need to check your conditions and diet.

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Originally Posted by qiksilver

The shell development does look slightly off, but nothing huge yet, you just need to check your conditions and diet.

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For those of us who love torts, but have little-to-no experience with them yet....can you please explain what you mean by "slightly off" on that particular shell? It looks fine to me, but I'm obviously oblivious to what you're looking at. What should I be looking for as an idicator that something is nutritionally amiss?

Here's a great site that tells you about pyramiding and possible "causes". As qiksilver said it can be many things.

http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/Pyramiding.htm

I don't have a trained eye to see the beginning of pyramiding, if you run your hands over the shell and it feels slightly "bumpy" or notice the scutes (I think that's the term) are growing into pyramid shapes then you may have pyramiding. The link above gives pictures of pyramiding as well.

looks good. i cant wait to maybe get some redfoots of my own. heres the new setup we have over at the refuge im at. is that enough space for the 2 guys?

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...a/HPIM1908.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...a/HPIM1907.jpg

sulcatas on the left :taz: