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Does anybody use reptomin shell cream on their torts, and is it beneficial? Someone gave me a jar, not sure if I should use it, I guess that's the real turtle wax!! Lol!! î—
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I tried an experiment with something similar. Here:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-VitaShell--27085#axzz1atYS2wHd
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-VitaShell--27085#axzz1atYS2wHd
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Wow! Thanks Tom just read everyones comments, I'm going to try it weekly,, see how it goes!
May I request that you do photos and updates so we can all learn from how well it works for you.
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Definitely !!î•
Are you still doing it,Tom?Tom said:
I never understood why anyone would buy that stuff, nevermind use it. My torts/turtles get UVB on their shells...not waxes,oils,FD&C Yellow #6..(<--- what is that anyways?).
I'm pretty sure they wouldn't run into any of that in the wild, so they wont in my care either.
Just my 2 cents.
I'm pretty sure they wouldn't run into any of that in the wild, so they wont in my care either.
Just my 2 cents.
jackrat said:
No. See post 103 on page 7.
It was interesting. The vita shell did not seem to do anything at all one way or the other.
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Well I'm still going to try it,,, what the heck,, nobody gives them vitamins in the wild,, calcium supplements or processed foods( mazuri etc), or fancy enclosures , so I don't think a little cream is going to hurt, I'll compare my tortoise to my friends and see if there's any difference in a few months or so,,
That's the spirit!!!
That is how knowledge advances and new things are learned. Thank you.
That is how knowledge advances and new things are learned. Thank you.
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No worries,,, just stating my opinion!
hi, not sure , used it on my slider and vet told me to get rid of it. they dont use it in the wild. i dont use it but who knows.
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i use vita shell once a week on my rt's i dont know if it does any good or not but the vet told me to use it on one that was in water but latter died. so i figured if i have it i just as well use it
Can't you also use vasaline on a tort if they have a dry shell?
Can't wait to see!
ewam said:
I am not sure I would use that sort of thing- it is heavier than what I would generally recommend (plain white hand or baby lotion, baby or light cooking oil, etc.)
Dry shell by itself does not mean much. It could be that the basking area is too hot and dry, that the tort is getting dehydrated, that the overall humidity is not what it should be, etc.
I would recommend using other clues to determine what the real problem is and fixing it.
Ok i don't use it or anything though I just read that somewhere a while ago.
zzzdanz said:
I do not mean to pick on you here, but the 'would not happen in the wild' comment is often heard, but I am not always sure it means anything.
Certainly, we want to offer a 'wild-like' experience in many ways- all of their instincts are based on what they would find in the wild and it is stressful to fight those instincts, but...
--- a wild tortoises is not being raised in a box that sort of resembles an Easy Bake Oven- semi-enclosed, hot overhead bulb, artificially created light, heat, and humidity, etc.
--- a wild tortoise would not eat a single large, rich meal a day made up of a limited selection of foods from a local store, that themselves have been sprayed, treated, trucked hundreds of miles, etc.
--- our substrates, hides, water dishes, food dishes, and enclosure sizes are not very natural, no matter how attractive they may be.
--- wild tortoises are not stared at by giant mysterious predators all the time, or picked up and handled by said creatures. They also don't have to deal with the things we take for granted- the noises, lights, vibrations, smells, or activity cycles of the typical home.
Or, to use a very short-hand way of saying all of this- wild tortoises rarely pyramid. Captive tortoises do all the time.
I apologize that this is a sort of 'hot button' for me, and again, I am not trying to pick on you, zzzdanz, just commenting about all the times I see this phrase.
"Wild tortoises don't ________ (fill in the blank- use shell cream, eat cat kibble, eat grains or hard-boiled eggs, get forced soaks, etc., etc., etc.). All of which is 100% true, but they also don't sleep in half log hides, have round water dishes, have glass (or plastic or wood) walls, etc., etc., etc.
OK, soapbox mode off.
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