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    Scute rubbed away

    Does that type of thing heal completely??
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    Damage to Hermann's shell - advice?

    Does a chip in the shell heal and go away like a cut on a human. I saw hermans tortoise has she has a chip indentation on her shell
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    Do you have any eastern Herman's female. I like light color heads and legs. They are brighter.

    Do you have any eastern Herman's female. I like light color heads and legs. They are brighter.
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    The End Of Pyramiding

    Very NICE looking tortises!!!
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    Soaking and rehydration- benefit and a recipe

    I only brought up the the word "calcium" because you stated wasn't an electrolyte. Yes it is.. I just said Reptisafe states they add essential electrolyes including Calcium.. I am quite confident Zoo Med did their homework as to which Calcium and what amount is required for reptiles. If one...
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    Soaking and rehydration- benefit and a recipe

    Excuse me, I read Natural Spring Water(Bottled) contains the Junk (traces of feces). There are basically two types of "Bottled" water --reverse osmosis and Natural Spring water. I don't think there ARE any other kinds of "bottled water" . Is there??? Not that I know of...
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    Soaking and rehydration- benefit and a recipe

    Well that is not what it says here:(got it from the online encyclopedia) Physiological importance In physiology, the primary ions of electrolytes are sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), chloride (Cl−), hydrogen phosphate (HPO42−), and hydrogen carbonate...
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    This time RED mold (fungus??)

    BTW The shell has no hole or opening where I saw the red , not unless blood can pass thru the shell thru osmosis in no way is it blood... Like I said I have seen this color mold in my bathroom cup if there is a little water left in it.
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    This time RED mold (fungus??)

    It's NOT internal. It was washed off. Pictures can be deceiving sometimes. I hate using so much of this anti fungal stuff because of side effects and such (she does walk on her food and then eats it and goes in the water and drinks it,etc. not good for her to eat.... I was thinking of...
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    This time RED mold (fungus??)

    No its NOT blood. The shell damage you see is the damage she got from her shell rot (I bought her that way) .I bought her because I couldn't stand the living conditions a she was under and I fell in love with her. I just washed alot of that red mold off it off with the Nolvasan wash and scraped...
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    This time RED mold (fungus??)

    I soaked Ruby today as recommeded (1/2 hour). I looked at her plastron after and noticed RED MOLD or fungus?? What is it?? It is also in the two thin areas by the front legs (Indented). Good grief. I used Nolvasan wash (Nolvasan skin and wound cleaner) after I took these pictures.This looks...
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    Soaking and rehydration- benefit and a recipe

    That's why I put in the reptisafe in the water .It says it adds essential electrolytes including calcium and is good for tortoises. What about adding "aquarium salt" It says it also adds electrolytes(minerals) to the water??( A little of both maybe??) I don't use Reptisafe to remove...
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    Soaking tortoises

    My apt IS like the tropics. :) It very rarely drops below 81 degrees in the winter (they shoot up the heat!) Right now--almost 4:00A.M. it is 82 degrees! As soon as I come home I change into shorts and a tee shirt.. Last night 84 and the night before that 88!! I do not open windows because of...
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    Soaking tortoises

    After her shell rot, I keep her clean, wash her under the faucet (not her head). I spray her top shell during the day for even shell growth, but keep her underbelly dry (cage carpet) because of her damaged plastron from the shell rot that needs to heal and grow. The water (her pool) is there...
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    Soaking tortoises

    Water isn't medicine. Your body tells you when you are thirsty. Yes you might force a child to take medicine, but would you force her to drink when she is not thisty?? They say a person should drink 8 glasses a day--would you force your child to drink 8 glasses?? I do have other wild pets and...
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