Danny

[philipgreece]

Good morning all! I have found a big place in nature and I bring then almost everyday to give them practice and sun about 30 minutes! I wake them up in the morning because i work at noon until late at night!It's 5 minutes from my home that big park! They explore the place and they run!I was checking my Danny's conditions and I compared some photos some months ago!If you notice well guys you will see some small marks on the shell! It seems to be under the shell! What could it be? Stress? Overfeeding or something else?

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

Hello! These marks are definitely not from overfeeding or stress. However, I don't know what is it. I hope @Yvonne G , @zovick or @wellington can tell if it's okay.

Please, be very careful in the park - if someone walks with the dogs there and just because they can disappear in a blink of an eye. Maybe it would be easier to take only one tortoise with you, altering the days.

 

[philipgreece]

Hello! These marks are definitely not from overfeeding or stress. However, I don't know what is it. I hope @Yvonne G , @zovick or @wellington can tell if it's okay.

Please, be very careful in the park - if someone walks with the dogs there and just because they can disappear in a blink of an eye. Maybe it would be easier to take only one tortoise with you, altering the days.

Yes that's a nice idea with one tortoise but I'm with them all the time when I release then I park! There are no dogs in this area and I rarely see people with dogs with them!

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

Yes that's a nice idea with one tortoise but I'm with them all the time when I release then I park! There are no dogs in this area and I rarely see people with dogs with them!

They may go in different directions, then something may distract you and you may lose one of them. That's how it often happens. They are much like little kids, only harder to find

 

[philipgreece]

They may go in different directions, then something may distract you and you may lose one of them. That's how it often happens. They are much like little kids, only harder to find

Nice idea! I will do it with one each day! 🙂

 

[wellington]

I agree to take one at a time or build a safe outdoor enclosure at your home, which would be best. We see so many lost on here from people doing what you are doing. Also, if you have two, hopefully you are not housing them together. Tortoises should never be in pairs.
Another thing you can do is rig up something like in the photo. Doesn't have to be a balloon but something that sticks up high.
As for the marks, I have no idea. Never seen something like that, that's under the shell.
He looks great otherwise.

 

[philipgreece]

I agree to take one at a time or build a safe outdoor enclosure at your home, which would be best. We see so many lost on here from people doing what you are doing. Also, if you have two, hopefully you are not housing them together. Tortoises should never be in pairs.
Another thing you can do is rig up something like in the photo. Doesn't have to be a balloon but something that sticks up high.
As for the marks, I have no idea. Never seen something like that, that's under the shell.
He looks great otherwise.
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Oh what an nice idea with balloon! I don't keep them together! My problem is that I have told this before is that I share the house with someone else and I don't have the permission to build big enclosures! That's why I give them practice in big parks! Now my huge problem is that my Danny always goes after for small rocks to eat them! I have thus problem and it's very exhausting! I every day give him cuttlebone in his food in powder form! I feed him also cactus and other good foods that contains calcium and still have the problem with Danny that tries to eat rocks!

 

[wellington]

If you can get MinerAll use that. It has stopped a lot of tortoises from eating rocks.
Also, don't forget. When info is repeated, that you may have answered many times, you are one of thousands of members. I/we can't remember the situation of all of the tortoises.

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

MinerAll may be hard to get in EU. Arcadia EarthPro-A is probably the closest alternative.

 

[philipgreece]

If you can get MinerAll use that. It has stopped a lot of tortoises from eating rocks.
Also, don't forget. When info is repeated, that you may have answered many times, you are one of thousands of members. I/we can't remember the situation of all of the tortoises.

I give him aloe vera! I hope is good!

 

[wellington]

I give him aloe vera! I hope is good!

Not to be fed a lot, but is okay to feed occasionally.

 

[zovick]

Good morning all! I have found a big place in nature and I bring then almost everyday to give them practice and sun about 30 minutes! I wake them up in the morning because i work at noon until late at night!It's 5 minutes from my home that big park! They explore the place and they run!I was checking my Danny's conditions and I compared some photos some months ago!If you notice well guys you will see some small marks on the shell! It seems to be under the shell! What could it be? Stress? Overfeeding or something else?

The marks I see are normal and nothing to worry about.

 

[philipgreece]

The marks I see are normal and nothing to worry about.

I hope so! Thank you 😀