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RE: leopard tort and redfoot?

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Posted by: boxielover at Wed Aug 23 20:37:09 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by boxielover ]  
   

Hi you cant or should not house 2 seperate species together. Red foots need it more humid and leos. need it more dry. I understand you cant change the humidity in the air, or the heat. But you can raise humidity, use moist soil on the red foot and sand soil mix for the leo.

Also gets more complicated, it comes down to red footed torts. are from south america, leos. from africa. They have different diseases, and different immune system, its fairly complicated to explain, but basicly your leo. or redfoot wont have a immune system for potetial disease.I would really really not put them together, Leos. are not hardy and will contract diseases from other tortoise very easy, i know people who had torts. for years, and lost it all because they let 2 species together.

I would just build 2 sepearte enclosures, and dont risk it.

   

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