Avoid feeding large amounts of kale spinach and broccoli these can be offered but only in tiny amounts.
Baby red foot tortoise care.
Redfoot tortoises should have water available at all times.
The opposite end should have no heating creating a cool end.
Outdoors they enjoy a small wading pool.
The dish should be large enough for them to soak in.
Place your thermometer and or thermostat sensor on the floor in the middle of your vivarium at this point in your tank the thermometer should read 82 84of and should be maintained for 24 hours a day the best way to achieve an accurate temperature is with a thermostat.
Here s a tutorial on how to care for redfoot tortoise hatchlings until they re around 3 4 months old.
In the wild redfoot tortoises are omnivorous and eat an assortment of fruits leaves roots shoots seeds grasses beetles snails and worms among other things.
This includes temperatures humidity substrate diet soaking schedule etc.
Red footed tortoises tolerate fruit better than many other tortoise species.
A redfoot can go without food for quite a while but it s important to make sure they eat the right foods.
Proper care includes not only diet but all habitat parameters that are required.
Your heating source should be positioned at one end of the tank creating a hot basking end for your tortoise.
I use a cement mixing tray.
An important part of redfoot tortoise care is food.