Post pics of your Redfoot enclosure.

geordie mark · 22-06-2013, 11:14 PM

Just so I can have some new ideas please I have mine on coir at the moment. I heard leaf litter was a good idea however I seem to think she would just eat the leaves so what about any sort of bark pieces ?

FLINTUS · 23-06-2013, 11:03 AM

I think I've shown you my photos before. Leaf litter is fine as long as the leaves are safe, my guys tend to not eat it anyway, they like fresh ones. Orchid bark is good however I would never keep just on bark as they like to dig. Keep the coir as a base-will be like soil in what most people do-and then add moss/leaf litter/orchid bark or all on top.

geordie mark · 23-06-2013, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by FLINTUS

I think I've shown you my photos before. Leaf litter is fine as long as the leaves are safe, my guys tend to not eat it anyway, they like fresh ones. Orchid bark is good however I would never keep just on bark as they like to dig. Keep the coir as a base-will be like soil in what most people do-and then add moss/leaf litter/orchid bark or all on top.

i think ive seen pis of yours on RFUK , i was thinking too add thats all not completely swap, do you oftern water your substrate or just make it damp ? ive read somewhere that they o sometimes like too have dry spells. also what moss would you recommend ?
i have sphagnum in the hides

FLINTUS · 23-06-2013, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by geordie mark

i think ive seen pis of yours on RFUK , i was thinking too add thats all not completely swap, do you oftern water your substrate or just make it damp ? ive read somewhere that they o sometimes like too have dry spells. also what moss would you recommend ?
i have sphagnum in the hides

Any moss will be fine. Generally I use the woodland stuff as it doesn't dry out as quickly as sphagnum. The top layer of my viv stays very dry as there is a 100w basking bulb and a ceramic next to each other, it kind of stays like savannah. The rest of it I try to keep the moss damp by spraying but keep the soil dryish to not cause shell rot, except at the back in the forest area of the viv. Now and again however I will pretty much flood the place.

geordie mark · 23-06-2013, 12:34 PM

ive been misting the susbstrate all of thesee years but turning it over at the same time, hers is like a savannah to be fair, her viv is getting a little small for her now as shes grown quiite a bit in the past year or so and were now looking to upgrade her viv

FLINTUS · 23-06-2013, 01:54 PM

How big is she?

geordie mark · 23-06-2013, 02:16 PM

4 3/4"

shes grown like half an inch in the last year :S

FLINTUS · 23-06-2013, 02:49 PM

How old is she as well? I do grow my reds very slowly compared to most, but .5 inch in a year sounds way too little growth. Even in the wild they'd be growing about an inch a year, which is what I am trying to do in captivity.

geordie mark · 23-06-2013, 03:09 PM

shes 5 if i remember right. She lives at my parents house where as i have my 2 with me at her house but since ive been going round and taking a bit more care of her (the last year) shes grown visibly 1/2"

FLINTUS · 23-06-2013, 03:12 PM

Ah OK, I would still aim for just over an inch of growth a year though. At 5 years I would say she should be probably 7 inches min really.

22-06-2013, 11:14 PM	#1
geordie mark Member Juvenile Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: south shields, NE, England Posts: 920	Post pics of your Redfoot enclosure. Just so I can have some new ideas please I have mine on coir at the moment. I heard leaf litter was a good idea however I seem to think she would just eat the leaves so what about any sort of bark pieces ? __________________ Mark. T.H.Hercegvenensis 1.0.0 S.P. Babcocki 0.1.0 Chelonoidis Carbonaria 0.1.0 (My Parents) West Highland White Terrier 1.0.0 Scottish Terrier 1.0.0

23-06-2013, 11:03 AM	#2
FLINTUS Member Juvenile Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 960	I think I've shown you my photos before. Leaf litter is fine as long as the leaves are safe, my guys tend to not eat it anyway, they like fresh ones. Orchid bark is good however I would never keep just on bark as they like to dig. Keep the coir as a base-will be like soil in what most people do-and then add moss/leaf litter/orchid bark or all on top. __________________ 2.2 Red Foots 1.0 Golden Retriever 1.1 Lop-eared rabbits 1.2 Serrated/Forest Hingebacks Fish Snails-Achatina Fulica 'Jadatzi', Limicolaria Flammea, Limicolaria Numidica, Archachatina marginata suturalis, Achatina Tincta Jadatzi GALS for sale: http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...799#post610799

23-06-2013, 12:34 PM	#5
geordie mark Member Juvenile Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: south shields, NE, England Posts: 920	ive been misting the susbstrate all of thesee years but turning it over at the same time, hers is like a savannah to be fair, her viv is getting a little small for her now as shes grown quiite a bit in the past year or so and were now looking to upgrade her viv __________________ Mark. T.H.Hercegvenensis 1.0.0 S.P. Babcocki 0.1.0 Chelonoidis Carbonaria 0.1.0 (My Parents) West Highland White Terrier 1.0.0 Scottish Terrier 1.0.0

23-06-2013, 01:54 PM	#6
FLINTUS Member Juvenile Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 960	How big is she? __________________ 2.2 Red Foots 1.0 Golden Retriever 1.1 Lop-eared rabbits 1.2 Serrated/Forest Hingebacks Fish Snails-Achatina Fulica 'Jadatzi', Limicolaria Flammea, Limicolaria Numidica, Archachatina marginata suturalis, Achatina Tincta Jadatzi GALS for sale: http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...799#post610799

23-06-2013, 02:16 PM	#7
geordie mark Member Juvenile Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: south shields, NE, England Posts: 920	4 3/4" shes grown like half an inch in the last year :S __________________ Mark. T.H.Hercegvenensis 1.0.0 S.P. Babcocki 0.1.0 Chelonoidis Carbonaria 0.1.0 (My Parents) West Highland White Terrier 1.0.0 Scottish Terrier 1.0.0

23-06-2013, 02:49 PM	#8
FLINTUS Member Juvenile Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 960	How old is she as well? I do grow my reds very slowly compared to most, but .5 inch in a year sounds way too little growth. Even in the wild they'd be growing about an inch a year, which is what I am trying to do in captivity. __________________ 2.2 Red Foots 1.0 Golden Retriever 1.1 Lop-eared rabbits 1.2 Serrated/Forest Hingebacks Fish Snails-Achatina Fulica 'Jadatzi', Limicolaria Flammea, Limicolaria Numidica, Archachatina marginata suturalis, Achatina Tincta Jadatzi GALS for sale: http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...799#post610799

23-06-2013, 03:09 PM	#9
geordie mark Member Juvenile Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: south shields, NE, England Posts: 920	shes 5 if i remember right. She lives at my parents house where as i have my 2 with me at her house but since ive been going round and taking a bit more care of her (the last year) shes grown visibly 1/2" __________________ Mark. T.H.Hercegvenensis 1.0.0 S.P. Babcocki 0.1.0 Chelonoidis Carbonaria 0.1.0 (My Parents) West Highland White Terrier 1.0.0 Scottish Terrier 1.0.0

23-06-2013, 03:12 PM	#10
FLINTUS Member Juvenile Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 960	Ah OK, I would still aim for just over an inch of growth a year though. At 5 years I would say she should be probably 7 inches min really. __________________ 2.2 Red Foots 1.0 Golden Retriever 1.1 Lop-eared rabbits 1.2 Serrated/Forest Hingebacks Fish Snails-Achatina Fulica 'Jadatzi', Limicolaria Flammea, Limicolaria Numidica, Archachatina marginata suturalis, Achatina Tincta Jadatzi GALS for sale: http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...799#post610799

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