dry tortoise shell?
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Everything with a tort is slow, glad it is all working out. Enjoy your tort.
Yingg
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Why there is a rope?
I see that nails on the left hind leg are long (but worn out on the right hind leg). Does she use both her legs when walking? Maybe you can add "hydrotherapy" to her soaking routine... I'll search for the guide.
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I suspect that Russian tortoises don't float like Leopards or Redfoots, so you need to support your tortoise body or put some sort of pedestal under plastron. *Never leave your tortoise unattended*
I see that nails on the left hind leg are long (but worn out on the right hind leg). Does she use both her legs when walking? Maybe you can add "hydrotherapy" to her soaking routine... I'll search for the guide.
Here we go:
2010 LEOPARD PADDLES DOESNT WALK HELP
Okay, I purchased/rescued a 2010 female leopard off CL. She is smaller then my male, who was also born 2011. She does have pyramiding, but not horrible. I just got her Friday night. I have her on coconut coir substrate. She hasn't moved since I got her. So this a.m. I put her on plain...
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Yingg
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hi, there is a rope because she likes to dig into bushes. there is a paper marker at the end of the thread, and it helps me track where she is. she uses both her legs when walking! i use hydrotherapy already by making sure she floats a bit in the bath. (yes she floats). i am always with her when she is soaking.Why there is a rope?
I see that nails on the left hind leg are long (but worn out on the right hind leg). Does she use both her legs when walking? Maybe you can add "hydrotherapy" to her soaking routine... I'll search for the guide.
Here we go:
I suspect that Russian tortoises don't float like Leopards or Redfoots, so you need to support your tortoise body or put some sort of pedestal under plastron. *Never leave your tortoise unattended*2010 LEOPARD PADDLES DOESNT WALK HELP
Okay, I purchased/rescued a 2010 female leopard off CL. She is smaller then my male, who was also born 2011. She does have pyramiding, but not horrible. I just got her Friday night. I have her on coconut coir substrate. She hasn't moved since I got her. So this a.m. I put her on plain...
i do not know how to tell if she's "improving" or dragging less, it's really hard to measure something like that. but she is active, eats well, walks when i let her out (not that often because it's very cold) and scrabbles a LOT in the water.
her main issue is... not pooping
and when she does poop it's often diarrhea. haha.Yingg
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ah i forgot to soak her today. it's been two days already. (last soak was tues, today is thurs. hopefully soaking every three days is also alright.)
Yingg
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she walks on both sides fine. i think the picture makes it look uneven but in real life, it's alrightWhy there is a rope?
I see that nails on the left hind leg are long (but worn out on the right hind leg). Does she use both her legs when walking? Maybe you can add "hydrotherapy" to her soaking routine... I'll search for the guide.
Here we go:
I suspect that Russian tortoises don't float like Leopards or Redfoots, so you need to support your tortoise body or put some sort of pedestal under plastron. *Never leave your tortoise unattended*2010 LEOPARD PADDLES DOESNT WALK HELP
Okay, I purchased/rescued a 2010 female leopard off CL. She is smaller then my male, who was also born 2011. She does have pyramiding, but not horrible. I just got her Friday night. I have her on coconut coir substrate. She hasn't moved since I got her. So this a.m. I put her on plain...
Yingg
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how much is a tortoise supposed to eat??!?! i say she eats well, by that i mean, a pretty large handful every day (large by my view because my hands are tiny) and leaves some behind.
sometimes she skips a meal every other day, then i make sure to give her a little bit more the next day and she finishes it. if i hand feed her, she often finishes the whole bowl!
sometimes she skips a meal every other day, then i make sure to give her a little bit more the next day and she finishes it. if i hand feed her, she often finishes the whole bowl!
Yingg
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Sounds okay to me. If you weigh her - you should see small weight gain from month to month.
Yingg
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completely forgot to update the thread. i think i soaked her on saturday? she didn't poop, no urates.
i keep forgetting to soak her lately, i am losing track of the days....
i keep forgetting to soak her lately, i am losing track of the days....
Yingg
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this isn't good.... i hope i can remember. i'll set an alarm. right now i think i soak her about every 3 days, and for about 1 hr and 15min-30min
Yingg
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she didn't have any urates today! or poo! is something wrong? 
No, I don't think so. As she skips her meals, perhaps she can skip a poop too.she didn't have any urates today! or poo! is something wrong?
Yingg
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ah... i suppose she's picky... haha...
Yingg
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pooped yesterday! healthy urates also
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Littleredfootbigredheart
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Don’t panic, if she’s eaten a little bit of substrate by accident, I’m sure it’ll pass through, if she was purposely eating mouthfuls of it, it’d be a problem, the odd accidental piece won’t do major harm! Just keep up with the soaks and see if she passes any in the coming weekstoday i noticed that she dragged her lettuce out into the substrate (usually she eats on the slate)! is there a chance she ate it??? what should i do??
Yingg
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ohhhh okay thank you
Yingg
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no poop yesterday, healthy urates
