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Old 26-02-2008, 11:38 PM
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He's great, a very lively chap.
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Old 26-02-2008, 11:46 PM
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Ok i will try the water cress, hopefully that will work, so do you guys just stuff the area full of food and let them eat and eat.
Offer a fair bit - I'd say monitor the weight for say 2 weeks to a month. If weight is put on gradually reintroduce a normal diet.
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Old 26-02-2008, 11:52 PM
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Offer a fair bit - I'd say monitor the weight for say 2 weeks to a month. If weight is put on gradually reintroduce a normal diet.
i cant see how you can accuratly monitor weight as i big feed changes its weight quite a bit, she has put on 130gramms in the last 2 weeks alone! (From 620g to 750g)
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Old 26-02-2008, 11:53 PM
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i cant see how you can accuratly monitor weight as i big feed changes its weight quite a bit, she has put on 130gramms in the last 2 weeks alone! (From 620g to 750g)
i am going to up the food quantities over the next month and give her as much as she will eat and see what her weight does
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:09 AM
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I'm with Ed on this one

If she is putting on weight then there's nothing to worry about.
CPR... need CPR... not that any of you in the UK can help me... who wants my tortoises...
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:13 AM
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CPR... need CPR... not that any of you in the UK can help me... who wants my tortoises...
Hahahaha, an American with a sense of sarcasm, not sure if the average limey would know what CPR is though!
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:17 AM
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Hahahaha, an American with a sense of sarcasm, not sure if the average limey would know what CPR is though!
i would love to take them off your hands but as i only have a postage stamp for a back "Yard" garden i am affraid i cant help you, you could however alway send them to Iraq as sniper fodder.(once you are deceased and you dont care what happens to them that is!)
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:18 AM
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Hahahaha, an American with a sense of sarcasm, not sure if the average limey would know what CPR is though!
Come on... you know... you have a clue... Crystal Palace Reptiles... where else would I dump my herps?????
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:19 AM
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i would love to take them off your hands but as i only have a postage stamp for a back "Yard" garden i am affraid i cant help you, you could however alway send them to Iraq as sniper fodder.(once you are deceased and you dont care what happens to them that is!)
What does it pay?
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:21 AM
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Come on... you know... you have a clue... Crystal Palace Reptiles... where else would I dump my herps?????
you sure your a Septic, your too quick, maybe your a brit wannabe
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