PharSytid
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I mentioned Vex yesterday in my introduction; he is my special 6 weeks old Sulcata tort. I also have two of his siblings, Wanda and Schnoz. All three are from the same 'batch', however, Vex didn't come out of the burrow until s week after the others. Thus, he is much smaller and his shell is misshapen and his underside is very convex or rounded. The trio are my first experience with unfuzzies and I am so excited to be a new fuzzless mom! I never thought there could be unique personalities without fur- and I am enjoying finding out how wrong I was! Of course, Vex has needs the other two do not due to his size and shell etc. . The first thing I did was take Vex to my vet (same wonderful doc for over 40 years) to find out if there were internal issues such as any compressed organs affecting Vex's intake digestion and eliminating due to his abnormal shell shape- thankfully, he got a good bill of health! Little turd was 26 grams three weeks ago and is now 31.4! He is going in for a check up this Friday also.
Luckily, Wanda and Schnoz have accepted Vex and don't prevent him from playing in any Reindeer games per se nor are they aggressive toward him.
I watch my trio a lot and I am having fun learning from them. An issue I noticed with Vex within the past week is his curved belly limits his ability to get food on a flat surface (which is usually where torts eat from). Because of his abnormal shell shape, he isn't able to extend his neck as far a it should. Problem solved! You see, when he goes to take a bite, the food moves away from him flattens out and gets lower; I customized a feeding bowl for him that will keep the food in place! I designed it to also fit into a store bought large reptile dish I have that will allow him to float while he eats- floating seems to take pressure off of his rounded tummy which would make for easier dining for him in theory. I just finished his custom bowl and the paint is drying. I can't wait to see how it goes! I've included pics of my Vex and the creating process of his tailored dining bowl and I will post pics of his maiden feeding tomorrow after the paint dries. Thanks for your time to read about my terrific tantalizing trio!
I mentioned Vex yesterday in my introduction; he is my special 6 weeks old Sulcata tort. I also have two of his siblings, Wanda and Schnoz. All three are from the same 'batch', however, Vex didn't come out of the burrow until s week after the others. Thus, he is much smaller and his shell is misshapen and his underside is very convex or rounded. The trio are my first experience with unfuzzies and I am so excited to be a new fuzzless mom! I never thought there could be unique personalities without fur- and I am enjoying finding out how wrong I was! Of course, Vex has needs the other two do not due to his size and shell etc. . The first thing I did was take Vex to my vet (same wonderful doc for over 40 years) to find out if there were internal issues such as any compressed organs affecting Vex's intake digestion and eliminating due to his abnormal shell shape- thankfully, he got a good bill of health! Little turd was 26 grams three weeks ago and is now 31.4! He is going in for a check up this Friday also.
Luckily, Wanda and Schnoz have accepted Vex and don't prevent him from playing in any Reindeer games per se nor are they aggressive toward him.
I watch my trio a lot and I am having fun learning from them. An issue I noticed with Vex within the past week is his curved belly limits his ability to get food on a flat surface (which is usually where torts eat from). Because of his abnormal shell shape, he isn't able to extend his neck as far a it should. Problem solved! You see, when he goes to take a bite, the food moves away from him flattens out and gets lower; I customized a feeding bowl for him that will keep the food in place! I designed it to also fit into a store bought large reptile dish I have that will allow him to float while he eats- floating seems to take pressure off of his rounded tummy which would make for easier dining for him in theory. I just finished his custom bowl and the paint is drying. I can't wait to see how it goes! I've included pics of my Vex and the creating process of his tailored dining bowl and I will post pics of his maiden feeding tomorrow after the paint dries. Thanks for your time to read about my terrific tantalizing trio!
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