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Cash View Profile |
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I am not sure if i should be feeding my Tortoise more calcium or something but its shell fells soft? Thanks Cody |
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| 06/09/08 04:30pm |
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RepticTay View Profile |
Message To: Cash In reference to Message Id: 1756093 Help
what type of tortoise is it? what do you feed it? what is it housed in? |
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| 06/09/08 05:08pm |
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Cash View Profile |
Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1756128 Help
The pet shop said it is a russian but i am not sure(I could put up some pics?) Most of the time kale. It is in a 20gal long,inside, sometimes I "walk" it outside. Thanks Cody |
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| 06/09/08 06:59pm |
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Cash View Profile |
Message To: Cash In reference to Message Id: 1756233 Help
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| 06/09/08 07:44pm |
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Dr. Dolittle View Profile |
Message To: Cash In reference to Message Id: 1756282 Help
Thats not a Russian tort. It looks more like a sulcata tort(third largest tort in the world). A tank or a vivarium is NOT suitable housing for a tortoise as it provides poor air circulation. A indoor rabbit cage woud be far better. What’s your substrate? How often do you give supplements? What supplements do you give? What do you feed your tort? If his shell feels soft it could be shell rot. This is maybe from to much humidity in the enclosure. Hope this helps DD |
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| 06/10/08 04:28am |
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RepticTay View Profile |
Message To: Dr. Dolittle In reference to Message Id: 1756619 Help
Then again possibly a desert looks at its shell colors, can you get any better photos of its belly and legs? (easier to tell by the scales on legs). Again dd said tanks or vivs are bad, the best would be indoor rabbit cage, rubbermaid storage tub or something like that or a self-made tortoise table. sullys are not highly the easiest to care for! |
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| 06/10/08 11:42am |
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Cash View Profile |
Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1756822 Help
Thanks Cody |
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| 06/10/08 02:11pm |
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RepticTay View Profile |
Message To: Cash In reference to Message Id: 1756939 Help
Where do you live? if in the USA some states theyre not allowed to be kept as pets and other states you need a permit. heres some links for their care: http://www.tortoise.org/general/descare.html http://chelonia.org/Articles/Gagassiziicare.htm |
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| 06/10/08 03:15pm |
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Reptilefreak23 View Profile |
Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1757007 Help
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| 06/10/08 05:03pm |
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RepticTay View Profile |
Message To: Reptilefreak23 In reference to Message Id: 1757098 Help
The scales and shell are completely different. this is a baby sulcata:
notice the scales on the legs are brighter, and their much bigger and more of "spike" shaped. and notice codys tortoise doesnt have that..
baby desert tortoise looks more like codys tortoise
its either or its a gopher tortoise
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| 06/11/08 06:37am |
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Amphibiandude View Profile |
Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1757701 Help
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| 06/11/08 09:45am |
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RepticTay View Profile |
Message To: Amphibiandude In reference to Message Id: 1757773 Help
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| 06/11/08 12:39pm |
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Reptilefreak23 View Profile |
Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1757891 Help
and that they thought it was a russion, thats just wrong |
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| 06/14/08 09:23am |
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RepticTay View Profile |
Message To: Reptilefreak23 In reference to Message Id: 1760561 Help
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| 06/15/08 06:31am |
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Reptilefreak23 View Profile |
Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1761401 Help
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| 06/15/08 01:06pm |
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