Little Piggy Pics

[Linds]

I don't know how anyone cannot totally fall in love with these guys!

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<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/22tortiepeaking.jpg">

[Tim and Julie B]

Wow I wish Mine looked like that! I got them about six months ago and their is a little pyramiding. That is a healthy specimen Linds. Congrads. I love my reds. You should get a Greek next you will love their personality! TB

[Bartman]

wow, nice pics and great lookin tort..they look there great pets.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Very cute Linds! I've never really paid much attention to the Turtle/Tortoise forum.... maybe I'll have to start! :)

[marisa]

OMG! That last picture is soooo cute. The look on her face is like "hey, what do you think you are doing invading my privacy like this!"

Marisa

[Dani33]

Sooo cute, I love the second pic!

[CDN-Cresties]

Cute pics, how old is he/she?

-Steve-

[red bootz]

Red foots suck. They're messy eaters, They poop all over the place, They smell bad, and have no respect for plants of any kind...That's why I just got another one. That makes four. From four different sources...ha ha, my breeding colony is taking shape...in a few years... Now If only the younger two develop into females I'm set...Beatiful pics, Linds
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[Dani33]

Hey Linds, what size of an enclosure do you keep him/her in?

[Wu-Gwei]

EXCELLENT pics... good lookin' red foot - great colours. 01 hatchling? How old is it?

Cheers,
JJ;)

[Simon]

ah~~~~~~`
that is so cute~
I did actually look into torts...but then the size is a matter for me for sure...and besides it wont be big enough for me to ride it from London to Toronto before I am dead....lol.....(okay just a little joke...that is what I told my gf that I should get a tort, grow it up and then 'drive' it out to Toronto...but it's only a joke...of course I wont do it...(maybe some people dumb enough would...lol))

Great looking photos~
I love the 3rd photo, it's just like saying 'hey! what are you doing?!"

[Linds]

Thanks for all the compliments! :D

Originally posted by red bootz
Red foots suck. They're messy eaters, They poop all over the place,

Hahaha... he's a messy boy but he cleans up after himself! I've never cleaned poop out of his cage unless it was from his water bowl, and he always cleans up his food too :p

Originally posted by Dani33
Hey Linds, what size of an enclosure do you keep him/her in?

Currently he is in a 4x2x18" custom enclosure.

Originally posted by Wu-Gwei
01 hatchling? How old is it?


He is just under 2 years old and his shell is around the size of the palm of my hand :)

[turtle]

Linds--he's looking good. Great pics.
Angie

[ReptileHQ]

Hey, is he yelling at you in the second pic for not including his favourite food?

Chris

[JoeBradley]

Wow I wish Mine looked like that! I got them about six months ago and their is a little pyramiding.

Is this pyramiding typical in all tortoises that are not properly cared for? I have sulcatas and I know that is a good way to tell if they have been properly fed and given the proper UV.

[ReptileHQ]

Joe, pyramiding is directly related to diet and UV exposure. Usually a high protein or too rich of a diet or an overfed tortoise will make the shell pyramid.

Sulcata tortoises should be thought of as the cows of the reptile world. Their diet should consist of 50-75% grasses(yes pesticide free lawn clippings will do just fine). The rest should consist of common weeds(dandelion, plantain, clover, sowthistle, so on....), flowers, and opuntia cactus pads. No dog food, no broccoli no alfalfa(18% protein), no commercial tortoise foods. There are a bunch of other no no foods that can be researched. www.chelonia.org and www.tortoisetrust.org will tell you everything you need to know.

Lots of sunshine or a mercury vapour full spectrum bulb will do the rest.

High fibre + UV + High calcium:phosphorus ratio= smooth tortoise

This is for sulcatas, other species of tortoises may vary in diet requirements.

all the best,

Chris

[JoeBradley]

Sulcata Station also has a great website for sulcata care. This is where I get my care tips from.

[Linds]

Angie,
Glad to see you on the site!

Originally posted by ReptileHQ
Hey, is he yelling at you in the second pic for not including his favourite food?


LOL... everything's his favourite food :p Well except blackberries... :rolleyes:

[Oliverian]

Wow, he sure is a bright little tort. Really beautiful!
-Tammy

[if_i_were_u]

Linds,
What do u feed ur redfoots. I am looking for some new ideas and would like to know what ur doing. Thanks

[Linds]

Tammy,
Thanks! :)

if i were u,
For greens I feed him: endive, mixed spring greens, collards, dandelion, clover (summer only), watercress, romaine, green leaf lettuce, celery leaves, kholrabi, raddichio. I would like to include more, such as mustard greens, but cannot find any, but am planting him a fenced in garden next year and will grow my own. Unfortunately I didn't get started on the planting early enough this year :(
For fruits and veggies: prickly pear, pear, peaches, black grapes, plums, strawberries, blueberries, mandarin orange, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber, pineapple, canteloupe, kiwi, dates, figs, green beans, peas, broccoli, mushrooms. The last four are fed very ocassionally for variety. I'd like to include blackberries but the little guy just doesn't like them.
In the summer he also gets hibiscus flowers.

[daver676]

WOW. He eats better than I do! Great looking tort Linds!

[Tim and Julie B]

As a treat Linds offer some over ripe mango. They go nuts for it.

[Linds]

Oops.....yeah left out papaya, mango, watermelon. Get great deals on papaya and mango in china town in the summer :D I freeze them, they get a bit squishy, but he isn't bother by it...lol. Most of the fruits are best fed overly ripe, but I avoid doing so with mango due to the kerosene is produces.

For greens I also left out escarole and kale :)