Tanmay Ambekar
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Yes mam I would like to send her pics to u but mam I want her to be fine pls tell about her shell her walking which is the main concern n food ummm I feed her okra and lettuce n carrot salad every day n once a weak beans n I also feed her cucumber twice a week n 8 hours of sunlight daily pls help .Can you tell us more about him, how old he is, his diet, temperatures and humidity level, pictures of his enclosure? This may help a lot.
She has pretty good shell that I will agree but she has problem in walking from 6 months almost now I keep her in her table n where she get proper sunlight n where their is also a hiding place but during sunlight she keeps sleeping under that hiding spot n doesn't come for sunlight but she keep her self under sunlight then she goes to sleep I feed her okra n lettuce salad each day n beans once a week n cucumber twice a day pls help me n if she has mbd then tell me one cure .We would love to help... Please give us a bit more information. The issues that first come to mind are lack of proper exercise, improper substrate, and possible metabolic bone disease. We need to know more to really help.
The tortoise looks like it was previously healthy and growing well. How long have you had this tortoise? When did this condition start? What are you giving the tortoise for a source of calcium? A picture of it's enclosure, would be helpful to see how you are lighting, providing heat, substrate, keeping humidity, and hides for security. The same for where you keep it outdoors for 8 hours each day. Pictures please! Is that covered, have unfiltered sunlight plus shade available, and what is the substrate there?
Think about, and let us know, of any changes to the way the tortoise has been kept in the few months prior to this condition starting to show.
Please answer all my questions so I can help you. I have numbered them here to help you. I need to know all these things to help...She has pretty good shell that I will agree but she has problem in walking from 6 months almost now I keep her in her table n where she get proper sunlight n where their is also a hiding place but during sunlight she keeps sleeping under that hiding spot n doesn't come for sunlight but she keep her self under sunlight then she goes to sleep I feed her okra n lettuce salad each day n beans once a week n cucumber twice a day pls help me n if she has mbd then tell me one cure .
Agree that is completely likely, but we can also see the diet is not good, no apparent calcium sources, and probably a tortoise that is staying in a hide and never warming its body to metabolize properly. Let's not give this poster the perfect out - to not answer the questions. Are we sure this tortoise wasn't just obtained perhaps 8-12 months ago and set up poorly in its newer environment? That's why such a nice looking tortoise probably 3 years old with great looking shell is now showing these signs? I'll bet there's a lot more to fix than getting it off a bare floor!I'm pretty sure your tortoise's problem is because he's living on a bare floor.
Please answer all my questions so I can help you. I have numbered them here to help you. I need to know all these things to help...
1- How long have you had this tortoise?
2- When did this condition start? (You did answer that and apparently 6 months now)
3- What are you giving the tortoise for a source of calcium? Cuttlebone/calcium powder sprinkled on food/food items high in calcium/etc??
4- A picture of it's enclosure, would be helpful to see:
4a- how you are lighting, (what type bulbs? How long are they on?)
4b- providing heat, and night heat? What are the temperatures- Lowest at night? Highest when basking? Average Daytime?
4c -substrate,
4d- keeping humidity, What is the humidity in the enclosure where the tortoise stays?
4e- and hides for security.
5- The same for where you keep it outdoors for 8 hours each day. Pictures please!
5a- Is that covered,
5b- have unfiltered sunlight plus shade available, (what is the temperature in the sun and in the hide where she stays?
5c- what is the substrate there?
6- Think about, and let us know, of any changes to the way the tortoise has been kept in the few months prior to this condition starting to show.
The diet you are feeding is not good for a star tortoise and needs improvement. Please read this on how to raise a healthy leopard or sulcata. Star tortoise care is identical to leopard tortoises. Read through the diet recommendations. I find stars like grasses a bit more than leopards, but less than sulcatas.
I keep her in her table n where she get proper sunlight
Listen bro I keep her in balcony for 8 hrs n she also gets sunlight in her box u can see in the pics she just has problem in walking .If the sunlight goes through glass before getting to her, i loses its UVB.
Did you even read what I took the time to post for you?Hello sir this for helping but in India we don't have all this things like substrate we have very hot whether here n plenty of sunlight . I have her for 3 years now she might be 3.15 years old .she has problem in walking that's all .
She doesn't have any bowled problem n sir actually we stay in a building n I can't keep soil in her table becuz all the soil will enter our home by wind so I thought paper but paper is not good should I keep cotton matts in her table n pls tell some simple food n calcium score a u said