Bixi
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It is true what they say about torts loving pumpkin!
This was Bixi's first Halloween (born January 2017) and she took to pumpkin like a boss! I have not seen her eat as ravenously as she did when she first tried pumpkin a few days ago. She was chomping at a very high rate.
I gave both 6 and 9 month updates on Bixi, and in the 9 month update I said Bixi was growing very slowly. Well... she was... she still isn't gaining much length/diameter, but her weight is skyrocketing now. She has hit a big growth spurt. She is still in her 4 ft. x 4 ft. enclosure, and I am already thinking about finding more floor space to open up a new pen for her to over-winter. I live in Tennessee, and the winters are too cold for Sulcatas outdoors.
I have started a regimen of taking her out and soaking her (so she poops and pees), and then letting her run around on the floor. She doesn't lack for space in that sense, but I know in a year or two that she is going to need a bigger pen so that she isn't feeling cooped-up during the winter months.
Small concern: When she walks on carpet, she seems to want to push with her back legs more than usual. She doesn't "stand up tall" on her front legs as much as she does when she is in her pen (or climbing). I think she is fine, but I just wanted to make sure that wasn't an immediate sign of anything super-bad. She is definitely using her front legs a lot, but she seems to let them go all the way underneath her shell and then drag them back up for the next step. She can do this very quickly when she moves fast, so the legs don't seem weak. I just wonder why she isn't trying to stand up really tall on her front legs... Most likely, I am an over-worried parent
It may also be because she is used to the softer substrate in her pen; or perhaps her claws getting caught in the carpet.
Burke
p.s. - Here's some pics of my 11month old girl!
nom nom! [url=https://imgur.com/GK2Tw0p]
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going on an adventure! (sorry for the poor picture quality) [url=https://imgur.com/EaUdc5E]
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This was Bixi's first Halloween (born January 2017) and she took to pumpkin like a boss! I have not seen her eat as ravenously as she did when she first tried pumpkin a few days ago. She was chomping at a very high rate.
I gave both 6 and 9 month updates on Bixi, and in the 9 month update I said Bixi was growing very slowly. Well... she was... she still isn't gaining much length/diameter, but her weight is skyrocketing now. She has hit a big growth spurt. She is still in her 4 ft. x 4 ft. enclosure, and I am already thinking about finding more floor space to open up a new pen for her to over-winter. I live in Tennessee, and the winters are too cold for Sulcatas outdoors.
I have started a regimen of taking her out and soaking her (so she poops and pees), and then letting her run around on the floor. She doesn't lack for space in that sense, but I know in a year or two that she is going to need a bigger pen so that she isn't feeling cooped-up during the winter months.
Small concern: When she walks on carpet, she seems to want to push with her back legs more than usual. She doesn't "stand up tall" on her front legs as much as she does when she is in her pen (or climbing). I think she is fine, but I just wanted to make sure that wasn't an immediate sign of anything super-bad. She is definitely using her front legs a lot, but she seems to let them go all the way underneath her shell and then drag them back up for the next step. She can do this very quickly when she moves fast, so the legs don't seem weak. I just wonder why she isn't trying to stand up really tall on her front legs... Most likely, I am an over-worried parent
It may also be because she is used to the softer substrate in her pen; or perhaps her claws getting caught in the carpet.Burke
p.s. - Here's some pics of my 11month old girl!
nom nom! [url=https://imgur.com/GK2Tw0p]
[/URL]going on an adventure! (sorry for the poor picture quality) [url=https://imgur.com/EaUdc5E]
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