Heliogabalus76
Member
Hi everyone,
Reading this forum has been a huge help for me with my son's tortoise. We really love him as a pet, but I'm always worried that I'm screwing him up. Because we live somewhere that has cold and long winters, he's been an inside tortoise--although with UVB lights, a decent diet of spring mix/kohlrabi greens/dandelions, and vitamin C. I think he has a bit of pyramiding because it was hard to keep the house humid, but I'm terrified of MBD and worry that he may have it and that may be a reason he seems to push with his back legs more than walk with them. Now that it's getting warmer, I'm letting him spend more time on our balcony (big walled in area, with a tub of soil for him to use as a hide), so I'm hoping this will help him strengthen his back legs.
I'll post a pic, if you see any big danger signs, can you all let me know? (For the sake of comparison, I'm posting a pic of him at 10 months and him now at 31 months.)
Reading this forum has been a huge help for me with my son's tortoise. We really love him as a pet, but I'm always worried that I'm screwing him up. Because we live somewhere that has cold and long winters, he's been an inside tortoise--although with UVB lights, a decent diet of spring mix/kohlrabi greens/dandelions, and vitamin C. I think he has a bit of pyramiding because it was hard to keep the house humid, but I'm terrified of MBD and worry that he may have it and that may be a reason he seems to push with his back legs more than walk with them. Now that it's getting warmer, I'm letting him spend more time on our balcony (big walled in area, with a tub of soil for him to use as a hide), so I'm hoping this will help him strengthen his back legs.
I'll post a pic, if you see any big danger signs, can you all let me know? (For the sake of comparison, I'm posting a pic of him at 10 months and him now at 31 months.)