My Redfoot is by my estimate about 2 months old. I should have asked about the hatch date. I am wondering how soon I should start feeding him/her animal matter. I have some squash, greens, zucchini and fruit for him. Since he is chewing up his cuttlebone I'm not concerned about the calcium intake. I plan on using the TNT that I bought for my RT for supplement.
When I was at the reptile show this vendor told me that Redfoot's were strictly plant eaters, no protien what so ever. I knew this was wrong but I started to second guess myself, I couldn't remember if the video was a box turtle or a RF. Well, after speaking to a vet and fellow turtle/tortoise lover, he told me that my first thought was correct, indeed they need some animal matter. To make a long story short, I was rather dissapointed with a vendor who seemed to know her stuff, but proceeded to argue with me about a diet issue and be wrong. She told me that animal matter will cause pyramiding. I agree, if you only feed animal matter. I'm rambling.
Another thing I read on chelonia.org (a trusted website) is that Mazuri diet is an ideal diet addition for Redfoot's, is this true? I read the ingredients and there is a lot of grain based items on the list. I still have my Ectotherm Sulcata Gold diet, which seems to me a superior choice.
