MY TWO REDFOOTS

[firehawk]

i haven't been on here in along time but now i'm back and i have two beautiful RF's. they are 8 months apart and were hatched in 06.  i got them from vicki hale   but i haven't been on the forum since then.  i love them so much and i can't wait til i can tell the sexes. notice the older one has an extra scute.     

[Jenn]

Welcome back,
They are so cute.
Have you named them yet?

[Joe H]

Congratulations !

Vicki has some nice torts !

Did you get them at the Alabama reptile show ?

[firehawk]

UPDATE 
BOAGRIOUS AND ACHILLES


AND NOW ITS 3 REDFOOTS, THIS IS CAESAR


i'm in maryland and vicki ships me the torts. i finally got a house now and gave them a nice outdoor enclosure.

[moeNlily]

congrats! they're all super cute 

[Upstart68]

Very cute. Do you use anything in particular to shine up the shell? I wash my girl down and shes shiny for about 3 minutes and then back to her regular look. I on occasion use vitamin E or a little fish oil is shes going out to the park though lol

[firehawk]

nope no shining here, they just shine while wet like yours. the little one mainly stays muddy.

[Tylerobert]

They sure are beautiful. How do they compare to raising RT's? I raise RT's and desert tortoises in my backyard enclosure, and i have been researching RF's because I thought they were interesting. Having to supply animal protein makes me hesitant to get some though.

[Upstart68]

Tylerobert
   What have you been feeding your Red Ears and other aquatics? If you can give them animal protein you can totally keep Reed foots

[Joe H]

They sure are beautiful. How do they compare to raising RT's? I raise RT's and desert tortoises in my backyard enclosure, and i have been researching RF's because I thought they were interesting. Having to supply animal protein makes me hesitant to get some though.

Feeding animal matter is easy
http://redfoottortoise.com/redfoot_tortoise_diet.htm

[firehawk]

butterworms will do wonders!  talk about a feeding frenzy, mine will actually hunt for more after they've eaten all i give them.

[Tylerobert]

Thanks for the link Joe. And butterworms are a great idea. I feed the Red Ears and other aquatics trout chow everyday and catfish every other day. Do you think catfish would be ok for RF's? 

[Joe H]

Most catfish is farm raised on really bad/cheap diets. I won't use it

[Tylerobert]

Ok good to know. Thanks

[Upstart68]

Now for the hisses  and boo's but I own snakes and give my surplus rat pups to Matillda she eats them like we eat Lobster.(no she doesn't use a bib) I only feed her one to two a week but shes never happier than when shes got blood on her face..Okay send hate mail directly to me dont flood Tylerobert's post lol