I think it is very stressful for Tortoise or even any other reps to be picked up, moved by hands, suddenly grabbed... When I want to soak my Tortoise or take her outside for a walk/exercise, I talk to her, calling her by her name, with gentle voice, I sing for her... She looks at me, we...
Thanks for your response! I am sorry, I was in a hurry to write my question and made a mistake : the small pyramids are on her carapace... I know this happens from bad/low fiber diet, lack of calcium, Vit D, UV (sunlight), exercise... I am trying to learn more about this problem (MBD)and to help...
Thank you so much for your reply! Unfortunately when you get rescued Tortoises that already have some health issues, it is hard to fix them permanently, but I will do my best to Keep Miriam healthy!
Can you tell us more about your Tortoise and how you got Mary?
She doesn’t eat dry grass or Timothy hay, she likes fresh greens, I give her variety of green leaves and she is choosing what she wants. She likes red leaf lettuce, collards, cucumber, mulberry leaves, vegetable blooms from our garden, cactus, that I clean for her, squash, dark leaf grass form...
I’ve got young Sulcata Tortoise from previous owner in poor condition (dirty, covered with poop, even poop in her mouth, which is disgusting to me...). She already had pyramids on the top of her plastron! I keep her clean, she eats good (always fresh greens, sprinkled with calcium), she has all...