Bass.Isles
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- Joined
- Mar 30, 2017
- Messages
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Hey everyone, I brought Isla home a little over 5 months ago. When I got her, the previous owner said she was approximately 20 months old. She had some pyramiding, which I've been trying to correct (I'm aware that you can't reverse it, but you can cultivate favorable conditions, that as they grow, may smooth it out some). When I first got her, I gave her a cuttle bone and for the first month, she devoured them. Now she only munches on them very seldomly (I make sure she has access to one). I have her in an 8x3 semi-closed chamber on my back porch where the humidity stays between 65-95% consistently (I live in sticky, swampy Florida lol, so I don't have to pump in humidity). One end of her enclosure stays between 83°-88°, the other between 90°-95°, and she has a basking spot that stays between 100°-105°. She usually always prefers to sleep and relax in the 90°-95° area. But sometimes I'll find her basking or in the cool area. I feed her out of a big salad bag that I make up every week that usually contains a mix of: bluegrass, wheatgrass, fescue, pea sprouts, a little red & white clover, chickweed, wandering jew, and a few cut up hibiscus flowers. Sometimes I'll toss in some hibiscus leaves, grape leaves, mulberry leaves and a pinch of rose petals. But the bag is predominately grasses. The rest I only add small amounts of. I usually feed her a handful 2x daily. Is that amount too much, not enough? I soak her in warm water 3-4 days a week, for about 20 minutes. The following are her stats, that I've recorded since the first day I got her. Does it look alright? Is she gaining too much weight, not enough? Is she at the length and width she should be at? Thanks everyone!
4.08.17
weight: (273 grams)
plastron length: 4.50 inches
plastron width: 3.50 inches
4.17.17
weight: (287 grams)
4.25.17
weight: (294 grams)
5.12.17
weight: (298 grams)
plastron length: 4.50 inches
plastron width: 4 inches
5.19.17
weight: (303 grams)
5.28.17
weight: (306 grams)
6.08.17
weight: (349 grams)
plastron length: 4.75 inches
plastron width: 4.25 inches
6.18.17
weight: (352 grams)
7.01.17
weight: (373 grams)
plastron length: 5 inches
plastron width: 4.25 inches
7.12.17
weight: (386 grams)
7.20.17
weight: (420 grams)
7.30.17
weight: (408 grams) -12
8.09.17
weight: (431 grams)
plastron length: 5.25 inches
plastron width: 4.50 inches
8.19.17
weight: (425 grams) -6
9.05.17
weight: (457 grams)
9.09.17
weight: (459 grams)
plastron length: 5.50
plastron width: 4.75
4.08.17
weight: (273 grams)
plastron length: 4.50 inches
plastron width: 3.50 inches
4.17.17
weight: (287 grams)
4.25.17
weight: (294 grams)
5.12.17
weight: (298 grams)
plastron length: 4.50 inches
plastron width: 4 inches
5.19.17
weight: (303 grams)
5.28.17
weight: (306 grams)
6.08.17
weight: (349 grams)
plastron length: 4.75 inches
plastron width: 4.25 inches
6.18.17
weight: (352 grams)
7.01.17
weight: (373 grams)
plastron length: 5 inches
plastron width: 4.25 inches
7.12.17
weight: (386 grams)
7.20.17
weight: (420 grams)
7.30.17
weight: (408 grams) -12
8.09.17
weight: (431 grams)
plastron length: 5.25 inches
plastron width: 4.50 inches
8.19.17
weight: (425 grams) -6
9.05.17
weight: (457 grams)
9.09.17
weight: (459 grams)
plastron length: 5.50
plastron width: 4.75