the title of this thread is "UVB NOT A NECESSITY?"
Not "UVB BULBS NOT..." so we were arguing whether UVB is a necessity and the last person was stating that UVB bulbs weren't needed because their torts get plenty-o-real UVB.
I would agree with this. I would think just the occasional, indirect UVB from the sun would be far greater than constant "UVB" from a bulb.
Of course, that would also stand to reason that UVB is still needed
You sorta skimmed over my response and didn't really address anything but "scare tactics". I find it hard to believe you'd say showing people what an improper diet can do to a tort would be "scare tactics".
I personally would hope the new keeper is not snowed by the sales tactics of a...
RE: Tort was "free to great home" SHOULD’VE been "TERRIBLE OWNERS. NEEDS RESCUING" PI
I just made this exact point on another forum. Of course you followed it up with better examples than i did. :)[hr]
HOly cow! 2 weeks!?! god I feel retarded now. I usually get all my greens...
there is alot of posts after this one that i want to reply to, but i wanted to reply to this one specifically. I think this post is brilliant. your arguments are completely sound and worded in a way that I truly respect. I am really pleased that you did decide to chime in, because it is one...
whoa whoa whoa, a "necessity" as YOU SEE IT, is something an animal cannot do without. a "necessity" as I see it, is something MY ANIMALS cannot do without.
I could literally feed a tortoise dog food for years AND YEARS and he wont die, but then again he'd look like the following:
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well I would still argue a point that anything that has obvious benefits would be a necessity. you could feed a tort dog food for several months before pyramiding would occur. would that mean that it's acceptable? Or that a low protein diet is not a necessity? I wouldn't think so.
"looking up" your stats is as simple as looking to the right of your name. you have 200 more posts then the other "longstanding" member. anyway, since you're bring nothing to the table, i'll just assume you have nothing to offer in this thead. moving on.[hr]
thank you emy. I appreciate...
hrmm.. you have a valid point. I would venture to argue that it's common sense that when a lizard has brighter, prettier colors, it's certainly feeling good. However that doesn't prove my point, and certainly doesn't have bearing on torts... i'll have to ponder this awhile.
I'd suggest an...
thank you so much. I did tons of research and i knew that mustard greens were somewhat acceptable. more so than spinache, but i didn't see anything about the collard green (or especially the kale) being anything but perfect. I guess it goes to show that torts really need their weeds. I can't...
right. it's a cream. I wouldn't even consider putting anything in the water of an animal though. too many things to worry about. drinking and such.
I didn't mean to disrespect MillerLite, a "longstanding member" of 4 months with a whopping 100 posts. who came into the "debate" forum and...
i just briefly scanned through this, but I had to chime in. Reptiles might not need artifical UVB, but I will NEVER go without again. When I plugged an MVB in above my beardies tank, his colors changed and brightened up almost instantly. I still get slack jawed when I see him sometimes as hes...
Look, before you flame me, I've been doing research on it and I have a pretty good understanding of how it works and why people dont like it.
I would also like to say, I do not care about vitashell to make my tort's shell "pretty". I couldn't care less actually. I am interested in the...
what the hell would you do with a $50,000 turtle? I would take care of it like a $100 turtle. (or i guess take care of my $100 like it's worth $50k)
I bet many of us wouldn't even sell their $100 turtle for $50k.
Just stupid. Stealing a tortoise just because it's worth so rare certainly...