My wife recently got a Red Footed Tortoise, she has been wanting one for a long time, and final got one. I personally am more used to Desert Dwelling Tortioses, like Sulcatas, and Leopards...and one thing I noticed is the Red Foots (possibly Forest Dwelling Torotoises in General) seem to be less active, I am used to Sulcatas who are chow hounds, and always truckin around thier enclosures, and it seem our first expereince with Red Foots has (I hate to say it) been kinda dissapointing, we had him checked out, he is 100% Healthy...so he's not sick, we thought it might be too bright for him, so we dimmed the lights...the temps are perfect, humidity perfect...and we have seen him eating and he is deficating...its just he is not as "Active" as we are used to toroises being...he likes to hide quite a bit...is that a normal thing for "Forest Dwelling" Tortoises to do? I was hoping people with a broad range of Tortoise expereince can chime in, they are totally different than say Sulcatas...right? as far as activity...

We talked to numerous other Red Footed Tortoise owners, some agreed that they are not as active, but others say they are just as active....from our expereince..which is limited...it seems they are not as active as say a Sulcata....Could it be because of the enviroment they are naturally from? Desert Tortoises probably have to activly search for food, where as the Forest Tortoises probably don't as much...Just curious what peoples thoughts where...Thanks to all who reply...
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Executive Reptiles
Amanda Kingsbury & David Kendrick
www.executivereptiles.com

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