Tarra
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Thank you for your advice
Tarra, welcome to the forum. You can read the care sheet & ask as many questions as you want. We are here to help.Thank you for helping me with my baby know that she is loved and will update you on changes
Who's cranky?????Tarra, welcome to the forum. You can read the care sheet & ask as many questions as you want. We are here to help.
This is a lot of information to take in all at once, so have patience with the concepts you're now learning about. They work. The old ways don't work very well. When I get my tort soon, for all my reading here, I'm still going to have questions.
Some of us are cranky. We care about torts. So stay on board, post pictures & questions & let us help you do the best you can for your tort. At least 2 or more of us at any one time have unlimited patience.
Tarra, welcome to the forum. You can read the care sheet & ask as many questions as you want. We are here to help.Thank you for helping me with my baby know that she is loved and will update you on changes
You, me, @Blackdog...others can chime in.Who's cranky?????
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound so "harsh". But please understand, I was simply trying to sound stern because if you don't change the way now how you are feeding her and keeping her she will be grossly deformed like Mary Knobbins, chance of MBD, (metabolic bone disease) be extremely unhealthy with soft bones...please read that care sheet and understand I just want your tortoise to be healthy.I came for advice now wile she is young you didn't have to be so harsh
I have got a heat lamp and heating bulb and thermometer and humidity reader coconut fiber substrate I also ordered her some monazury and calciumI'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound so "harsh". But please understand, I was simply trying to sound stern because if you don't change the way now how you are feeding her and keeping her she will be grossly deformed like Mary Knobbins, chance of MBD, (metabolic bone disease) be extremely unhealthy with soft bones...please read that care sheet and understand I just want your tortoise to be healthy.
And soaking her in warm water instead of just tepidI have got a heat lamp and heating bulb and thermometer and humidity reader coconut fiber substrate I also ordered her some monazury and calcium
She had the lumpy shell when we got her I did not know it was a bad sign but she seems allot happier in her new homeAnd soaking her in warm water instead of just tepid
The best bedding would be cypress mulch mixed with dirt. She should get an hour outside in the sun. To prevent serious calcium deficiencies, you should give her reptile calcium twice a week in her food. You can get most of this stuff from Flukers and ZooMed including a UVB light which is needed if it's an indoor enclosure. Water should be available at all times too.What would be the best bedding for her tank and how much outside time should she have I truly want her to stay beautiful and healthy
@TomThe best bedding would be cypress mulch mixed with dirt. She should get an hour outside in the sun. To prevent serious calcium deficiencies, you should give her reptile calcium twice a week in her food. You can get most of this stuff from Flukers and ZooMed including a UVB light which is needed if it's an indoor enclosure. Water should be available at all times too.
I put her inclosure in front of a window so she can get sun even when she is inside
Thank you love her very much and want her to be happy and healthyThere is no instant fix as changes take time to implement and for tortoise to adjust. Read the care sheet, adjust and then continue. Picture taken through humid glass so difficult to see best take it out and photo top and underneath with care. Also try to maintain a weekly weight log. Sunday am soak is followed by weigh in and it is rewarding to see growth and health as a keeper. Enjoy...
Hi Aranda. You've gotten the usual bad care advice, but we will help you sort it all out.I put her inclosure in front of a window so she can get sun even when she is inside
Glass blocks out the UV rays of the sun, so even though the tortoise is getting "sun" in a window, it is not the same (or as beneficial) as getting unfiltered natural sunlight outdoors or from a good UV-emitting strip fluorescent light placed over the enclosure.I put her inclosure in front of a window so she can get sun even when she is inside
Oh she has a florescent lightGlass blocks out the UV rays of the sun, so even though the tortoise is getting "sun" in a window, it is not the same (or as beneficial) as getting unfiltered natural sunlight outdoors or from a good UV-emitting strip fluorescent light placed over the enclosure.
She has always had a florescent lightOh she has a florescent light
I don't think I can weigh herThere is no instant fix as changes take time to implement and for tortoise to adjust. Read the care sheet, adjust and then continue. Picture taken through humid glass so difficult to see best take it out and photo top and underneath with care. Also try to maintain a weekly weight log. Sunday am soak is followed by weigh in and it is rewarding to see growth and health as a keeper. Enjoy...
I just use a kitchen scale, and l put plastic wrap on to the surface before weighing the tortoise and remove the plastic after, so it's not unhygienic.I don't think I can weigh her
What type?Oh she has a florescent light
Why not?I don't think I can weigh her