tortoise dragging his legs?! - Page 4

sheldon · #31 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 08:47 PM

well we have been giving sheldon volcal for a week now and had the powersun lamp on her for three days now i have noticed she has bee a bit more sprightly but she is still dragging her legs around ! shes walking as i write this so does anyone know how long it would take till i see movement from her legs? i have to take her back to the vets in three weeks time? anyone experienced this problem? thanks

markyd3 · #32 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sheldon

right everyone took sheldon yesterday sheldon is actually a littlegirl probably! she has a calaium deficiency so has to have some zolcal-d drops her shell is soft i thought it was quite hard actually but what do i know! her body is too small for her shell again lack of calicum i have to take her agin in a months time for a check up the vet told me some useful things which im sure you all know but i diddnt so if i can help one person then it makes me happy! to feed twice a day 20 mins a time then take the food away! no spinnage shop brought food maunge too take out the peas inside runner beans again take out the beans cabbage etc i brought a powersun light 100w bulb uvb flood light which broke my heart on how expensive it was! and i brought some oyster shell alough i couldnt work out with out spending another £30 on a stand how to clamp it to my ikea underground storage box that sheldon is in? any tips?

Feed twice a day!!!?? is that just because she is underweight or is that what he said you should have been doing!?
If you feed her this much permanently i would of thought it would be overfeeding and her shell will pyramid!?
for reference i feed my babies very other day.

Shelley66 · #33 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 11:39 PM

I have no experience of MBD so I can't make any comments about it.

I would have thought the 100w powersun was a bit too much for your needs myself, can your tort find a cool area? I prefer to use a 10.0 reptisun or reptiglo strip UV light for indoor tort tables, and have a spot light as a basking bulb, you can then change the height of it to get the right basking temp.

As for food I would be feeding weeds not the stuff you mention!! You should be able to find some weeds about, I have managed to find them all winter for my Leopards. If you can't find many then you could buy a bag of Crispy Florette in the supermarket and mix that with what weeds you can find.

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