Yes finding fungus is a bad thing your keeping them too damp and this can cause alot of problems.

I like to keep the top layer of substrate sort of dry, however i do spray it once a day but soon drys out. But the substrate underneath (top soil) i keep dampish.

I keep my adults at 27c in cool spots and 33c in warm.

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i put them in the viv over the week end ,i have only sprayed the substrate one a day since they have been in there .
it is ground bark for reptiles and barck chippings on the top ,the top layer seemed to be dry .
ill see what happens over night if it keeps up i think i will put them back in the table

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2 red foot tortoises[tilly an tiny]
1 baby horsefeild [george]
5 beardies [ rocko,pebbles,taz,bam,bam,stitch.]
1 leopard gecko [oscor]
2 cats
5 kids
reptile mad hubby

Ed, is there any difference between where hatchling/baby redfoots live and adults? Do the little ones spend more time in the security of the forest, denser vegetation to avoid predation? Actually, on that, where do the females lay their eggs? Is that random or in a specific part of the available range?

Sorry, I'm not hijacking, I just wondered if the humdity is more important depending on the redfoots size.

There's no doubt that there is a difference in preference... I don't think you can really call that a requirement though.

I totally believe that nest selection is just that... selected. I've never been able to figure out just what that selection process is but I know there is specific criteria.

hi ,hijack away any thing to do with red foots is important reading to me

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2 red foot tortoises[tilly an tiny]
1 baby horsefeild [george]
5 beardies [ rocko,pebbles,taz,bam,bam,stitch.]
1 leopard gecko [oscor]
2 cats
5 kids
reptile mad hubby

As a newbie would it be poss for someone to list some instructions on what i would need and how i would set up a ceramic heater connected to a thermostat so i could keep the temp between certain set parameters.

Thanks for your help in advance.

What you're looking for is a rheostat and not a thermostat unless you can set up the thermostat sensor near the heat source.

thermostats come with probes so you can set the up a good few foot away from the actual heat source. it really depends on what you want to achieve with the thermostat as to what type you can get. you can get integrated timer stats so all the lights and heaters are timed 24/7 , or you can get background heating timers, twin stats to control 2 different heat sources etc. the list goes on and on.

what type of torts are they, are they in a table or viv and what light/heat provisions do you have?

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