Use cypress bark orchid bark or sphagnum moss as a substrate which also helps retain humidity.
Baby yellow foot tortoise care.
Like the red footed tortoise the yellow footed tortoise can live for well over 50 years with proper care.
Until they reach 18 months old a baby yellow footed tortoise enclosure should have a humidity of 65.
Amanda ebenhack has kept yellow foot tortoises for more than 12 years and is a permitted wildlife rehabilitator in florida.
The yellow foot tortoise is not always as personable as the red foot tortoises but they can become quite friendly.
You can feed your pet a mix of greens vegetables and fruits as well as flowers each day or every other day.
Yellow foot tortoise care sheet.
Before purchasing your new baby yellow foot tortoise for sale consider setting up the proper yellow footed tortoise habitat purchasing the proper yellow foot tortoise food and provided the correct living quarters for your new pet tortoise for sale.
Mating occurs all year round for the yellow footed tortoise.
Soaking your baby yellow footed tortoise daily.
Paper will also work and is easy to clean.
There is no parental care of the young and the baby tortoises will fend for themselves starting by eating calcium rich vegetables.
Feeding your yellow foot tortoise daily is recommended.
Care requirements the yellow footed tortoise is mostly herbivorous so your pet s diet should primarily consist of fruits and leafy greens like endive clover and dandelion as a few examples.
Most pet owners use a substrate or bedding to line the bottom of the cage.
Baby yellow foot tortoise diet yellow foot tortoises eat a wide variety of greens protein veggies and fruits.
In the case of tortoises they need it for digging.
There is no parental care of the young and the baby tortoises will fend for themselves starting by eating calcium rich plant matter.