I'm working on it. =/ I soak her regularly, but the newspaper is my challenge. Do you know of anything better that she wouldn't cut herself on again? Or I guess what would be the best way to raise her humidity and still keep her on the mend?
I've been keeping her on it, because the vet suggested it when I took her last year and said it would help. So kind of a bit of both? I don't want it to be permanent, but I am worried about changing it until she heals completely. Do you have a better option that would keep her from getting worse...
**Update, my little girl is doing a lot better! I have been cutting her food up a lot smaller for her, and I also think maybe more kale has helped her heal faster? Maybe I am crazy haha...I know kale is very good for them, but I really tried to limit how much she (and my beardie) were eating...
Ahh, that makes sense. I was really worried that she could have some sort of virus. I will definitely try Neosporin! I have been putting chlorhexidine in her water every few days when I soak her, and that helps her some I think. She is a very voracious eater, so her continuously tearing her...
I have a 1 year old elongated tortoise who has some pretty bad scabs/growths at the corners of her mouth. She had them on one side of her mouth when I first got her (not nearly as bad as they are now), and I took her to the vet about it. At the time she was having some eye issues that have since...
Thank you! =) I currently actually don't have a UV light set-up. I'm kind of on the fence about it. I've read a lot about tortoises in general needing them, but then I've read that this species eats/is active between sunset and sunrise. Is this accurate? The person I got the her from does not...
Thank you! Also, yes!!! :( It's been pretty cold and crappy here the last few days, unfortunately. I live on the third floor, "luckily," and it tends to just stay about 73 degrees in here!
The "wet" eco-earth is really just me spraying a few times a day for humidity! =) That's the bit that has the heating pad and emitter set up. The cooler side is about 75 degrees and has the moss. I'll try to get pics up tomorrow! :cool: I'm also going to be getting a better heat set-up tomorrow.
I just got my first tortoise today (a 3 month old Elongated) and was referred here by the guy I got them from. :tort: I keep lots of snakes and lizards and other critters...and kept a box turtle when I was little that was "mine" but actually just happened to live in my yard, but this little one...