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  1. Sara G.

    Vitamin A oral vs. injections

    I understand that vitamin injections are typically no bueno but what about vitamin A given orally? Is this less risky than an injection? My vet had given BamBam oral vitamin A when I took her almost 3 months ago and I had no problems at all. Of course it wasn't a high dose of Vitamin A. But she...
  2. Sara G.

    Mushroom Growing in Tort Enclosure!

    Hello hello, so I woke up this morning and checked on BamBam to find a mushroom growing in her enclosure!!!! Either it grew overnight or I just completely missed it yesterday. I promptly ripped it out. It probably came from the sphagnum moss I've got in there. But does anyone know what kind of...
  3. Sara G.

    Yet Another Plant ID Thread

    I feel kinda bad making another plant ID thread, but I wasn't entirely sure if thread hijacking was acceptable ;) Anyone know what this is: I've searched around and can't seem to figure it out. I don't want to take any chances so I haven't fed any of it yet, and I certainly won't until I know...
  4. Sara G.

    Food for Forsten's

    So, I've scoured the Internet and this form quite a bit for food to feed a forsten's and I'm fairly certain I'm feeding her all the right stuff but I just wanted to see if anyone here had any advice. Right now she gets butter/Boston lettuce (does anyone know if there's a difference??? The health...
  5. Sara G.

    A Long Forsten Tale of Woe, but with a silver lining...?

    Hello Forsten fans! Over this summer (the second the weather turns warm enough, right now it's a delightful 36F in NY :confused:) I am going to be adopting a Forsten tortoise. Her name's BamBam and I only realized that she was a Forsten maybe two years ago. Until that point all I was told was...
  6. Sara G.

    Tortoise/Turtle Research Paper

    Hello hello! I wasn't entirely sure if this is the right spot to post this or not but I figured I'd give it a go (sorry if this isn't the best place for it!). I'm a senior in college (English major) right now and I'm going to be writing a 20-30 page research paper (commence the...
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