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Hello ya'll,
We have a 2 yr old sulcata who came to us in poor condition. She is quite small for her age, only about 178 grams right now. We've had her for about 2 months. She's seen the vet and was given a liquid calcium for me to force feed to her as well as Critical Care (high fiber powder) to mix in. She was improving and started to eat grass and was gaining weight. She is now down to twice a week on the liquid calcium so I stopped force feeding her every day because she was eating grass so well. She was gaining weight but has lost some now so I've started force feeding her more often. I guess I over estimated how well she was doing.
One of the big problems she has is she can't walk. She drags herself with her front legs and only uses her back legs when she's turning a different direction. Otherwise she pulls them in or just lets me drag behind her. She has a hard time moving around in her tort box. It has a mixture of coconut coir and cypress mulch. She can really boogie when dragging herself on a towel and she does ok outside in the grass. So I'm thinking of maybe putting some flat stones in her box so she can move easier? I guess I'd like any suggestions you have. I'm not sure what to do to make it easier for her to get around. I have to put everything close together and even then it's hard for her to do much.
I'm wondering how long it might take her to be able to walk again. Has anyone had this experience before?
Thanks
We have a 2 yr old sulcata who came to us in poor condition. She is quite small for her age, only about 178 grams right now. We've had her for about 2 months. She's seen the vet and was given a liquid calcium for me to force feed to her as well as Critical Care (high fiber powder) to mix in. She was improving and started to eat grass and was gaining weight. She is now down to twice a week on the liquid calcium so I stopped force feeding her every day because she was eating grass so well. She was gaining weight but has lost some now so I've started force feeding her more often. I guess I over estimated how well she was doing.
One of the big problems she has is she can't walk. She drags herself with her front legs and only uses her back legs when she's turning a different direction. Otherwise she pulls them in or just lets me drag behind her. She has a hard time moving around in her tort box. It has a mixture of coconut coir and cypress mulch. She can really boogie when dragging herself on a towel and she does ok outside in the grass. So I'm thinking of maybe putting some flat stones in her box so she can move easier? I guess I'd like any suggestions you have. I'm not sure what to do to make it easier for her to get around. I have to put everything close together and even then it's hard for her to do much.
I'm wondering how long it might take her to be able to walk again. Has anyone had this experience before?
Thanks