I adopted a couple of Sulcatas off a guy who lives next to my mother-in-law. The female, Kona, is malformed. Her rear legs lay out behind her. She uses them but pushes from the tips of her feet. She cannot get them underneath her. The whole back third of her back-end looks rather squashed, in a way. Her pyramiding isnt as bad as Moe's, the male tort, but its pretty rough and just looks deformed. I will try to post pics when I figure it out on this board. Also when she pushes forward (walks) her back legs make some kind of clicking sound. Does that sound like anything anyone here has heard of?
I wasnt looking to get anymore Torts, I have 2 desert torts (bonnie & clyde) but I couldnt stand to see how these two were being kept. I'm sure the guy meant well but he wasnt doing right by them. Their full time area was about 5 x 6, all dirt, no sun and no grass/grazing for them at all. At 1st he only gave me the male because he was aggressive toward Kona, biting at her legs. From what I've read it could of been from lack of space. I talked the guy into giving me Kona about a week later and I'm not seeing that behavior here. They actually looked rather happy to see each other.
The food he gave me for them ...... everything was on the list of foods 'not' to give them. Frozen market mixed bag vegies, String bean, lima beans, black beans. For treats he gave them dog biscuts and bananas. They now have about 5000sq ft of lawn to graze on which happens to be bermuda and rye with a little fescue mixed in. I was quite happy to read that the lawn is just what they needed. The only market foods I buy them are collard greens, kale, dandelion and cactus leaves. I planted some hibiscus for them, have roses and am looking into ordering a bag of grazing seed that I'll plant along the back area. Oh and got some bermuda hay from a local stable but they dont seem to want to eat that. I break it up small and mix it in when I feed the market greens. I think thats a good start? How often should I feed the market greens?
They both had diahhria when I got them but they have firmed up after a week of normal grazing. I think Kona's shell by her tail is too close to her. Her stools have to come out flattened because there doesnt seem to be enough room for it to come out rounded like Moe's.
So there you have it for now. I just signed into this forum tonight. I did post on the introduction forum but didnt go into detail about Kona's issues.
And I noticed a senior member with the same name as mine, Yvonne, so Yve is just fine for me. And if anyone has any idea about Kona's back legs .... thank you
yve
I wasnt looking to get anymore Torts, I have 2 desert torts (bonnie & clyde) but I couldnt stand to see how these two were being kept. I'm sure the guy meant well but he wasnt doing right by them. Their full time area was about 5 x 6, all dirt, no sun and no grass/grazing for them at all. At 1st he only gave me the male because he was aggressive toward Kona, biting at her legs. From what I've read it could of been from lack of space. I talked the guy into giving me Kona about a week later and I'm not seeing that behavior here. They actually looked rather happy to see each other.
The food he gave me for them ...... everything was on the list of foods 'not' to give them. Frozen market mixed bag vegies, String bean, lima beans, black beans. For treats he gave them dog biscuts and bananas. They now have about 5000sq ft of lawn to graze on which happens to be bermuda and rye with a little fescue mixed in. I was quite happy to read that the lawn is just what they needed. The only market foods I buy them are collard greens, kale, dandelion and cactus leaves. I planted some hibiscus for them, have roses and am looking into ordering a bag of grazing seed that I'll plant along the back area. Oh and got some bermuda hay from a local stable but they dont seem to want to eat that. I break it up small and mix it in when I feed the market greens. I think thats a good start? How often should I feed the market greens?
They both had diahhria when I got them but they have firmed up after a week of normal grazing. I think Kona's shell by her tail is too close to her. Her stools have to come out flattened because there doesnt seem to be enough room for it to come out rounded like Moe's.
So there you have it for now. I just signed into this forum tonight. I did post on the introduction forum but didnt go into detail about Kona's issues.
And I noticed a senior member with the same name as mine, Yvonne, so Yve is just fine for me. And if anyone has any idea about Kona's back legs .... thank you
yve