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remember you can always go back in a few weeks and check that they were telling you the truth
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There is tons of information on the internet... research it a little and you will probably be surprised at the variety of habitats the Redfoot tortoise occupy. The majority of those habitats are relatively dry.
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Redfoots do not need a moist environment. They do benefit from a humid hide.
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Isn't Cotswold one of the bigger and respected zoos in the UK? I would think they have keepers who might know a little more about keeping tortoises than the average tortoise keeper.
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But they still need high humidity, would never really drop below 65% even in the open, most young hachlings would be exposed to 85-90%.
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They do not. I'd be very surprised if the humidity is anywhere near 65% where they occur. I'd be interested in where you got the information on the hatchlings.
Again... research them a little better.
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Look at weather reports for areas in and around the red foot range. It has been tested by many keepers that ideally young red foots should be kept at 85% humidity, never dropping below 70. For the first few months, they'd spend most of the time in leaflitter not in the open.
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I guess you know better...
It is impossible to pick a single range within the Redfoots range considering they occur through a very wide range north to south... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-footed_tortoise Quote:
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Reality and what some people think are very different things. If you limit your sources of information... you're basically ignorant to the facts.
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