He said it would mAke the shell shiny and condition it . Does anyone know what it is called and where to buy some? I would love to try it as long as it isnt bad for the tortoise?
Team Gomberg said:Are you referring to vitashell? Zamric uses it.....
N2TORTS said:" TURTLE WAX " ... comes in a Green/White bottle
theelectraco said:Its probably VitaShell but I thought that was actually bad for them?
I was also curios to weather there was a natural product I could apply to their shell to make it look wet/shiny and bring out the color and pattern of their shell.
RedfootsRule said:Yagyujubei:
"Shell must breath" is everything but nonsense. The keratin and bony layers of a tortoises' shell is made up of millions of microscopic pores...They MUST breath. This is why it is so dangerous when people paint even a small part of their tortoises shell. It is absorbed by the beta and alpha-keratin, and it keeps the shell from breathing...Do some research before you argue that point. There is just about everything to back it up...Mud "staining" isn't a problem. What do you think happens in the wild? They crawl through mud, rotting leaves, even feces....How clean your tortoises shell is is aesthetic; if its harmful to them (which it is not) then they would go wash off in their water bowl.
Tom said:While it isn't something that I choose to use, it does no harm. I did a whole thread on this with hatchling sulcatas a couple of years ago. Used it weekly for several months. It didn't make any difference, but it did look nice.
It can be argued that it isn't needed, does no good, or that it isn't natural and they don't have it in the wild, but it cannot be argued that it's harmful in any way. Too many people have been using it for too many years to say that.
N2TORTS said:I Swear .. "Turtle Wax" Makes it Shine ..... or was that Windex?