Re: REDFOOT/SULCATA HOUSING

Posted by EJ on November 12, 2001 at 14:33:34:

In Reply to: REDFOOT/SULCATA HOUSING posted by ROB on November 07, 2001 at 16:59:36:

It's not dangerous but you are taking a chance. If the redfoots are wild caught they are notorious for carrying all sorts of neat parasites (probably because of their eating habits). The redfoots are heavy scavengers. This brings me to the next problem. The sulcata and redfoot are totally different in their dietary requirement. Sulcatas are primarily grazers and the redfoots are mainly browsers and scavengers. Redfoot will not eat what sulcatas eat and will starve and the sulcatats will eat what the redfoots eat and will develope a nutritional imbalance.
Ed

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: It's not dangerous but you are taking a chance. If the redfoots are wild caught they are notorious for carrying all sorts of neat parasites (probably because of their eating habits). The redfoots are heavy scavengers. This brings me to the next problem. The sulcata and redfoot are totally different in their dietary requirement. Sulcatas are primarily grazers and the redfoots are mainly browsers and scavengers. Redfoot will not eat what sulcatas eat and will starve and the sulcatats will eat what the redfoots eat and will develope a nutritional imbalance. : Ed

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