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OK I just bought an adult red foot that I was told was eating watermelon mixed veggies. I have yet to see it eat any thing. Is there any thing that I can do to maybe eat? I have had her for 2 days now.

Hmm, never had that problem, my red foot eats like a pig. What veggies have you tried feeding it so far? What are your temps? Have you got good humidity and a UV bulb? They don't need watermelon as a main part of their diet, dark leafy greens are better. Google red footed tortoise diet or something like that and you can find some good diet lists.

>>OK I just bought an adult red foot that I was told was eating watermelon mixed veggies. I have yet to see it eat any thing. Is there any thing that I can do to maybe eat? I have had her for 2 days now.
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Ensure proper humidity as well as access to a regular source of water or daily soakings in luke warm water. This usually does the trick. Allow the animal to adjust to its environment and ensure that said environment is maintained under ideal redfoot conditions (moderate to high humidity, plenty of hiding spaces and substrate to nestle into). Also ensure a minimum of disturbance. Frequent disturbances (i.e. handling, excessive foot traffic by cages, etc.) can have a jarring effect on new arrivals. They must be given privacy. If the animal is still not feeding within two weeks (one week if it is a hatchling), take it to a vet.

T.G.

Yep, I agree on the humidity thing but make sure it is not constant or she may develop rot infections. Give her a moist hide and a dry place.

Mine has a pen out in the yard, and I brush her shell with betadyne when I bring her in, to clean her up from fly eggs and stuff. She drinks water outside, I often hose her pen so she can go poopi. And she has a soak in warm water a couple times a week.

Has lived four years already, so it must be working...

I've had mine for four years and she passes each vet check with flying colors. This is what I feed her: Fresh picked dandelion flowers and leaves, clover, kale, strawberry flowers and berries, blueberries, squash flowers, fresh peaches and apples. That is in-season. In the winter she eats frozen, mixed vegies and the occasional mango and cantaloupe I can dig out of the store.

Mine also eats baby food straight out of the jar! Applesauce, prunes, squash, peas.. you name it. She has to have her face wiped like a baby after digging it in her baby food, but she loves it.

She eats a cricket or two about once, or twice a year.