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Humidity too LOW!!!...

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Posted by: -ryan- at Tue Apr 25 20:18:29 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by -ryan- ]  
   

Red-footed tortoises are a tropical tortoise, they need a very high ambient humidity. A humid hidebox isn't going to cut it, because everytime he walks outside of it, he's being dehydrated. You need a closed-top enclosure with cypress or some other water-holding substrate (like dirt). Good luck!

   

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