Re: Red Footed Tortoise Humidity Question

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Posted by Elizabeth on November 07, 2000 at 09:44:52:

In Reply to: Red Footed Tortoise Humidity Question posted by Tom on November 07, 2000 at 01:21:02:

: I'm interested in a Red Footed Tortoise, and I heard they need some humidity. Is this so? If so, then how do I make an indoor cage have humidity? Any help would be appreciated.

Please go to my Red-Foot pages:

http://www.geocities.com/~pawsplus/beasley.html

There is information there on everything you need to set up a Red-foot. Essentially, humidity is provided in several ways:

1. Humidify the room. I keep all my herps (they are all tropical by design) in one room. The room is humidified to 80% with a high-quality room humidifier that runs 12 hours a day from Oct-April. I don't run it in summer b/c they are outside most of the day

2. Substrate. Use plain, clean topsoil (no perlite -- white stuff) topped with cypress mulch (NOT pine or cedar). Spray several times a day. I use a heavy-duty pressure sprayer for chemicals (of course, it's never had chemicals in it!) instead of a pump bottle -- much more efficient.

3. Plants. Redfoots need and want COVER, esp. babies. See my pages re: planting tortoise dish gardens for your enclosure (which should be large enough to contain them). Spray the plants several times a day.

4. Hydrating the tortoise. The tort should have a dish of water to drink and soak in (large enough for the tort to get his whole body into but only deep enough so the water is a little bit up his carapace). You should also soak a baby until 18 mos. or so daily in warm water for 15-30 minutes to ensure good hydration.

See also:

Hatchling Haven:

http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/index.html

Good luck!

Elizabeth and the Redfoots

Beasley and Persephone's Red-Foot Pages

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: : I'm interested in a Red Footed Tortoise, and I heard they need some humidity. Is this so? If so, then how do I make an indoor cage have humidity? Any help would be appreciated. : Please go to my Red-Foot pages: : http://www.geocities.com/~pawsplus/beasley.html : There is information there on everything you need to set up a Red-foot. Essentially, humidity is provided in several ways: : 1. Humidify the room. I keep all my herps (they are all tropical by design) in one room. The room is humidified to 80% with a high-quality room humidifier that runs 12 hours a day from Oct-April. I don't run it in summer b/c they are outside most of the day : 2. Substrate. Use plain, clean topsoil (no perlite -- white stuff) topped with cypress mulch (NOT pine or cedar). Spray several times a day. I use a heavy-duty pressure sprayer for chemicals (of course, it's never had chemicals in it!) instead of a pump bottle -- much more efficient. : 3. Plants. Redfoots need and want COVER, esp. babies. See my pages re: planting tortoise dish gardens for your enclosure (which should be large enough to contain them). Spray the plants several times a day. : 4. Hydrating the tortoise. The tort should have a dish of water to drink and soak in (large enough for the tort to get his whole body into but only deep enough so the water is a little bit up his carapace). You should also soak a baby until 18 mos. or so daily in warm water for 15-30 minutes to ensure good hydration. : See also: : Hatchling Haven: : http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/index.html : Good luck! : Elizabeth and the Redfoots

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