redfoots

70ridgeway · 03-06-2008, 01:52 PM

hi im looking into purchasing some red foots at the moment trying to gather as much info as i can before i get some there humidity is it surpose to be higher for them than my iberas or herman if so would it be better to spray there enclouser or can one of these be used

also if i use a topsoil subsrate with reptibark will this be ok sorry about all the questions just want to get as much information as i can

swad1000 · 03-06-2008, 02:00 PM

I don't keep redfoots and haven't got a clue about the dripper, but topsoil with a layer of reptibark seems to be what most of the Redfoot keepers on here use for substrate, then the spray 2 or 3 times a day I believe.

70ridgeway · 03-06-2008, 02:02 PM

thanks i thought it would be easier spraying a few times a day but was browsing ebay as usual and came across these

Laraine · 03-06-2008, 03:40 PM

Hi we spray our redfoots, and I have a humid hide, and a covered area of their table, to be honest their table looks like an old fashioned crib, the cobered area gives them a dark cosy area, which they seem to like.

70ridgeway · 03-06-2008, 05:54 PM

thanks Laraine

**sarah** · 03-06-2008, 07:32 PM

No you dont need one of those, red foots dont need to be kept wet just humid. Just spray them a couple of times a day. I thought you changed yoru mind about red foots?

70ridgeway · 03-06-2008, 07:47 PM

no things have started to settle down at home after you know what and were doing the back room as we said before as a tortoise room

joanna · 03-06-2008, 08:27 PM

If you plant out the enclosure you can get alot of the humidity from watering the plants and spraying the other areas

70ridgeway · 03-06-2008, 08:35 PM

thanks joanna so if i plant it out like my other tables but use lots of grasses and reptibark that would be ok i was browsing ebay and them drippers was advertised for torts that need high humidity thats why i asked the question didnt say anything else about them other than that and didnt want to purchase anything i didnt need

joanna · 03-06-2008, 08:58 PM

I plant ornimental grasses, yuccas, something that looks like mini palm trees - dont know the name but do well in the heat and the leaves are out of reach but provide dappled light, asparagus ferns, pansies, weeds.

You may want to plant out more than you do for your others they seem to prefer it that way and it dapples the light.

I bought a humidifying spray a couple of years back and wasn't mpress with the results - like sarah said they like humidity not wet gound. Humidifier sprayed every 3 hrs but just in the same place so just ended up with a wet area

03-06-2008, 01:52 PM	#1
70ridgeway Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: walsall Posts: 2,345	redfoots hi im looking into purchasing some red foots at the moment trying to gather as much info as i can before i get some there humidity is it surpose to be higher for them than my iberas or herman if so would it be better to spray there enclouser or can one of these be used also if i use a topsoil subsrate with reptibark will this be ok sorry about all the questions just want to get as much information as i can

03-06-2008, 03:40 PM	#4
Laraine Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wirral Posts: 3,622	Hi we spray our redfoots, and I have a humid hide, and a covered area of their table, to be honest their table looks like an old fashioned crib, the cobered area gives them a dark cosy area, which they seem to like. __________________ Laraine ________________________

03-06-2008, 07:32 PM	#6
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	No you dont need one of those, red foots dont need to be kept wet just humid. Just spray them a couple of times a day. I thought you changed yoru mind about red foots? __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

03-06-2008, 02:00 PM	#2
swad1000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,702	I don't keep redfoots and haven't got a clue about the dripper, but topsoil with a layer of reptibark seems to be what most of the Redfoot keepers on here use for substrate, then the spray 2 or 3 times a day I believe.

03-06-2008, 02:02 PM	#3
70ridgeway Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: walsall Posts: 2,345	thanks i thought it would be easier spraying a few times a day but was browsing ebay as usual and came across these

03-06-2008, 05:54 PM	#5
70ridgeway Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: walsall Posts: 2,345	thanks Laraine

03-06-2008, 07:47 PM	#7
70ridgeway Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: walsall Posts: 2,345	no things have started to settle down at home after you know what and were doing the back room as we said before as a tortoise room

03-06-2008, 08:27 PM	#8
joanna Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3,602	If you plant out the enclosure you can get alot of the humidity from watering the plants and spraying the other areas

03-06-2008, 08:35 PM	#9
70ridgeway Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: walsall Posts: 2,345	thanks joanna so if i plant it out like my other tables but use lots of grasses and reptibark that would be ok i was browsing ebay and them drippers was advertised for torts that need high humidity thats why i asked the question didnt say anything else about them other than that and didnt want to purchase anything i didnt need

03-06-2008, 08:58 PM	#10
joanna Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3,602	I plant ornimental grasses, yuccas, something that looks like mini palm trees - dont know the name but do well in the heat and the leaves are out of reach but provide dappled light, asparagus ferns, pansies, weeds. You may want to plant out more than you do for your others they seem to prefer it that way and it dapples the light. I bought a humidifying spray a couple of years back and wasn't mpress with the results - like sarah said they like humidity not wet gound. Humidifier sprayed every 3 hrs but just in the same place so just ended up with a wet area

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