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i had two Desert tortoise for almost a year. i named then johnny and bravo...johnny is no more with us, it dies abt two month ago. they were babies when we got them. they were about the size of my palms. johnny was always less active and didn't eat much from the day we got it. i beleive he was sick from when we got him but we never noticed. then they went to hibernation. bravo wld eat but jhonny wld only eat in like 3 or 4 days. at the end he wldnt move in summers...just turn around in one place but neve walked walked further. now m left wid bravo. i live in a apartment and the climate is very hot n humid over here. i m trying my best to survive bravo. bravo is just beautiful. i notices some patterns on his shells. he eats well...before i used to feed them only lettuce now though i have started reading abt them i give a variety now. like peas,carrots,sticks. i also giv him a sun bath every morning for abt 10 min or so.... he is in the other room and that room is always warm...i dont have a garden or nethng 4 him...he just finds corner place and sleeps. at times i see bubbles from his nose and i get worried if he is sufferring from the respiratory disease. here the vets r no good. we had taken johnny to the vet 3 days before he died...and the vet had given us some capsule that we had to feed hime forcefully...i think it was the darn medicine that killed him quicker. so i cant trust the vets around here. what else can i do to help bravo b healthy. he had dry skin like flaky so i apply lil extra virgin olive oil to his skin n shell....so thats taken care of. i am not sure if i should put him in water these days with the runny nose they do get their water frm the veggies the eat. he pees n poops jst fine. abt the uv light...cldnt find here...not even at the pet stores...i knw dats a necessity especially wid da babies....thats y i giv him a sun bath almost everyday....tell what more can i do..? please.
i have attached the pics of bravo...check out the patterns on his shell...isnt it just beautiful mA.
i had two Desert tortoise for almost a year. i named then johnny and bravo...johnny is no more with us, it dies abt two month ago. they were babies when we got them. they were about the size of my palms. johnny was always less active and didn't eat much from the day we got it. i beleive he was sick from when we got him but we never noticed. then they went to hibernation. bravo wld eat but jhonny wld only eat in like 3 or 4 days. at the end he wldnt move in summers...just turn around in one place but neve walked walked further. now m left wid bravo. i live in a apartment and the climate is very hot n humid over here. i m trying my best to survive bravo. bravo is just beautiful. i notices some patterns on his shells. he eats well...before i used to feed them only lettuce now though i have started reading abt them i give a variety now. like peas,carrots,sticks. i also giv him a sun bath every morning for abt 10 min or so.... he is in the other room and that room is always warm...i dont have a garden or nethng 4 him...he just finds corner place and sleeps. at times i see bubbles from his nose and i get worried if he is sufferring from the respiratory disease. here the vets r no good. we had taken johnny to the vet 3 days before he died...and the vet had given us some capsule that we had to feed hime forcefully...i think it was the darn medicine that killed him quicker. so i cant trust the vets around here. what else can i do to help bravo b healthy. he had dry skin like flaky so i apply lil extra virgin olive oil to his skin n shell....so thats taken care of. i am not sure if i should put him in water these days with the runny nose they do get their water frm the veggies the eat. he pees n poops jst fine. abt the uv light...cldnt find here...not even at the pet stores...i knw dats a necessity especially wid da babies....thats y i giv him a sun bath almost everyday....tell what more can i do..? please.
i have attached the pics of bravo...check out the patterns on his shell...isnt it just beautiful mA.
