David DB
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- Oct 16, 2015
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Hi Everyone,
Before I get into my introduction I just want to warn everyone that I am not very computer or internet savvy. I have never been on any kind of forum or facebook or anything like this before so if I make a mistake I assure you it is because I have no idea what I am doing!! I will try to provide as much information and detail in my introduction as possible.
I live in New Hampshire and I am in NO WAY an expert of any kind and do not know really anything about reptiles, this guy came to me by chance and I took him in rather than let him die. So I have what I believe is a Texas tortoise (based on research I have done and looking at other pictures) his name is Kurt. I have a friend who is a realtor and was showing a house and found the little guy in a cardboard box abandoned in an empty house. He did not want him so I took him in. He looks to be pretty badly pyramided (A common problem related to diet from what I understand??). I have had him for about a year now.
I keep him in a clear low sided storage container about 2.5' X 3.5' with a cardboard box for a hide, a large water dish for drinking/bathing, I have a light that I got from a large box pet store for light (not sure what kind of bulb?), I feed him organic spring mix in the winter sprinkled with calcium supplement (no lettuce of any kind), I do not really ever do fruits of any kind either. The substrate material is a shredded cardboard material. I do let him wander around my place when I am home. I pick him up and handle him very often, he has NO problem with this, he never gets nervous or pees or poops. I bring him many places and he is great in the car and really everywhere. When it got warm out I immediately started bringing him outside and letting him eat grass, clover, and dandelions (those are the only plants that seem to be on all of the care guides that I have read that I actually know what they look like).
So what I need help with is a situation that recently came up involving his poop. I am really not sure where to post this could someone help?
Before I get into my introduction I just want to warn everyone that I am not very computer or internet savvy. I have never been on any kind of forum or facebook or anything like this before so if I make a mistake I assure you it is because I have no idea what I am doing!! I will try to provide as much information and detail in my introduction as possible.
I live in New Hampshire and I am in NO WAY an expert of any kind and do not know really anything about reptiles, this guy came to me by chance and I took him in rather than let him die. So I have what I believe is a Texas tortoise (based on research I have done and looking at other pictures) his name is Kurt. I have a friend who is a realtor and was showing a house and found the little guy in a cardboard box abandoned in an empty house. He did not want him so I took him in. He looks to be pretty badly pyramided (A common problem related to diet from what I understand??). I have had him for about a year now.
I keep him in a clear low sided storage container about 2.5' X 3.5' with a cardboard box for a hide, a large water dish for drinking/bathing, I have a light that I got from a large box pet store for light (not sure what kind of bulb?), I feed him organic spring mix in the winter sprinkled with calcium supplement (no lettuce of any kind), I do not really ever do fruits of any kind either. The substrate material is a shredded cardboard material. I do let him wander around my place when I am home. I pick him up and handle him very often, he has NO problem with this, he never gets nervous or pees or poops. I bring him many places and he is great in the car and really everywhere. When it got warm out I immediately started bringing him outside and letting him eat grass, clover, and dandelions (those are the only plants that seem to be on all of the care guides that I have read that I actually know what they look like).
So what I need help with is a situation that recently came up involving his poop. I am really not sure where to post this could someone help?
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