Good point..thanks Nathan

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Posted by Chris H on May 10, 2002 at 15:50:59:

In Reply to: Re: ???? posted by nathan on May 10, 2002 at 14:45:50:

: : Redfoots are twice as hard to care for than box turtles.

: : They require proper humidity, a larger enclosure, much more maintanence and time.

: **** Boxies also require proper humidity, a very large enclosure, and a lot of maintenance, if you aren't just slowly letting them deteriorate to nothing. My groups are a lot of work. 4'x8' pen is significant to maintain, and barely adequate for a pair. I'm not a redfoot keeper, but their maintenance is marginally different from a box turtle, with the exception that they don't burrow extensively, and need much less meat in their diet (providing quality meat sources freshly is not easy).

: : I'm not trying to start an arguement, but how do you figure redfoots are more easier to care for than boxies?

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: *******I wouldn't suggest that they are easier, just that they are not more difficult, or they are both roughly the same. Sure, you can chuck a boxie into the yard and it will likely make do and survive a while, where as a redfoot won't, but boxies and redfoots have more in common than you'd think, the main difference being size, and the cold hardiness (boxies from wrong localities can get the hardiness back, but won't have it initially).

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: : : Redfoots are twice as hard to care for than box turtles. : : : They require proper humidity, a larger enclosure, much more maintanence and time. : : **** Boxies also require proper humidity, a very large enclosure, and a lot of maintenance, if you aren't just slowly letting them deteriorate to nothing. My groups are a lot of work. 4'x8' pen is significant to maintain, and barely adequate for a pair. I'm not a redfoot keeper, but their maintenance is marginally different from a box turtle, with the exception that they don't burrow extensively, and need much less meat in their diet (providing quality meat sources freshly is not easy). : : : I'm not trying to start an arguement, but how do you figure redfoots are more easier to care for than boxies? : : : : *******I wouldn't suggest that they are easier, just that they are not more difficult, or they are both roughly the same. Sure, you can chuck a boxie into the yard and it will likely make do and survive a while, where as a redfoot won't, but boxies and redfoots have more in common than you'd think, the main difference being size, and the cold hardiness (boxies from wrong localities can get the hardiness back, but won't have it initially).

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