A Couple Of Questions On Sulcata Shell

[JoshGoldberg]

Also it isnt often

 

[Tom]

I will squirt in some water ASAP, does it have to be eye wash?

Eye wash is better because is has the correct salinity and pH. Water can be very irritating.

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Eye wash is better because is has the correct salinity and pH. Water can be very irritating.

Okay where can I get some?

 

[Tom]

Okay where can I get some?

Any local drug store. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kmart. Does anyone in your house wear contacts? They might already have some.

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Any local drug store. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kmart. Does anyone in your house wear contacts? They might already have some.

No sadly

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Any local drug store. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kmart. Does anyone in your house wear contacts? They might already have some.

It mostly happens when she is eating, could it just be food? And today she was biting at a scale on her leg

 

[Myroli]

It mostly happens when she is eating, could it just be food? And today she was biting at a scale on her leg

When she's scratching at her eye does she have food in her mouth? Like a piece too big to fit in her mouth all at once? Because if so(and that's the only time she's doing it) then she's not rubbing at her eye she's trying to hold done the extra food with her foot to bite some off, at least that's what mine does

 

[JoshGoldberg]

When she's scratching at her eye does she have food in her mouth? Like a piece too big to fit in her mouth all at once? Because if so(and that's the only time she's doing it) then she's not rubbing at her eye she's trying to hold done the extra food with her foot to bite some off, at least that's what mine does

No but she does that too

 

[Myroli]

Okaye well I hope she gets better soon

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Any local drug store. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kmart. Does anyone in your house wear contacts? They might already have some.

Just a quick question on her shell, it isn't pyramiding in all the areas, some go up and some go down, however the brown line around her scutes is uniformly raised

 

[JoshGoldberg]

example of the raised scute. Also you can see the discoloration I was talking about, I got her like this but didn't think anything of it until yesterday

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Okaye well I hope she gets better soon

Thank you and I must say it is adorable when they do that isn't it!

 

[Myroli]

Thank you and I must say it is adorable when they do that isn't it!

Yes!! And it confuses me a bit because I know from experience how hard he bites down!! (he bit me once when I was being dumb and hand fed him pumpkin puree)

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Yes!! And it confuses me a bit because I know from experience how hard he bites down!! (he bit me once when I was being dumb and hand fed him pumpkin puree)

HAHA! She has only bit me once and that was when my finger was green from grass stains

 

[Myroli]

Yeah...they always make it seem like an "accident" lol

 

[Tom]

The discoloration is normal growth. Nothing to worry about. The uniformly raised brown portion is from being kept too dry when it was first hatched. Most breeders still start this species wayyyyy too dry and this is one of the things it does.

 

[JoshGoldberg]

The discoloration is normal growth. Nothing to worry about. The uniformly raised brown portion is from being kept too dry when it was first hatched. Most breeders still start this species wayyyyy too dry and this is one of the things it does.

THANK YOU! But why is her shell inside the brown part lumpy and uneven?

 

[Tom]

THANK YOU! But why is her shell inside the brown part lumpy and uneven?

Do you mean the innermost portion? I call that "the shield". That is what they are born with and all new growth radiates out from that. Yours look normal.

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Do you mean the innermost portion? I call that "the shield". That is what they are born with and all new growth radiates out from that. Yours look normal.

I'll try and get a pic, at the back of her shell her shields go up and down like)\/\/

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Do you mean the innermost portion? I call that "the shield". That is what they are born with and all new growth radiates out from that. Yours look normal.

Kkthanks