These are fantastic tips for my next venture. When I try again, the new one will get a completely new enclosure, just to be on the safe side. Also, Walter actually lost weight in the first few weeks I had him, despite a monstrous appetite :( These are all things I need to consider for round 2...
I picked up Walter for his bath and did our daily inspection of condition, and his under shell was translucent. I could see what I can only guess were organs sloshing around. He wasn't moving, so I took him to my work and we did an ultrasound to see if his heart was still beating. It was not...
:( Ugh. Today his entire undershell feels like a water balloon. When I gently press on it, the whole thing jiggles like jello when I let up pressure. It whooshes in and out when he breathes. Is there a point where I should consider euthanasia so he isn't suffering?
Quoted from Tom's Hatchling Failure Syndrome Post : "Here are the symptoms: Everything seems fine for weeks or months with your newly acquired hatchling and then their appetite drops a little and they hide or sleep a little more. Then the shell starts feeling a little softer than you...
I got him from a pet store.. The place I got him from had the babies hot and humid, and the guy stressed to me that they are NOT to be kept dry. He also said that he couldn't guarantee how they were kept before I got him. The other pet store nearby had their babies hot and dry. Walter is still...
Still on for today, yes. You are welcome to meet at my work at 230, if that’s something you’re comfortable with. I don’t get a lot of breaks to check my phone, feel free to text. ( you might be a creeper, but I’m not lol I won’t text the snot out of you unless it’s directions lol)
He does have loose shredded skin all over his jaws, not so much on the top. I live in Newberg. I’ve been doing the betadine, but not nolvasan. I’ll pick some up today on my break. He’s been soaking himself in his warm water dish in his cage, strange for him, but a good thing I suppose! I’ll talk...
I'd be happy to enlist your support Maggie. I don't want to inconvenience you, but I"d love some eyes on him to give it to me straight. Should I box him up and bring him to you? Also, is it safe to post my number here for you?
Maggie, your only about an hour from me! Small world! So you guys recommend I stop the silver and use betadine or nolvasan instead. I can do that. Just pour it over the wound? What do you use for pain meds? I don't mean to be a pain, but I feel like the knowledge on this forum is invaluable to...
It was a herp vet. She said the colloidal silver is safe to ingest, and drinking it would help soothe his injury and would kill bacteria and fungal infections. He is still drinking like a champ... at least it looks like he is. He makes his drinking face when he plunges his face in the water. I...
Walter is a 3 month old Sulcata. I've had him about a month. He weighs 60 grams. Day temps 100 basking, 80 ambient, both on thermostat, humidity between 76 and 83%. Night temps at 83-86 on a thermostat. Humidity 85-90%. Diet is fresh grass clippings daily, tortoise pellets (softened with hot...
I’m a very new sulcata mom, but I’m trying this for mine. I got the wheat grass seeds on amazon.
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/sprouted-fodder