maybe they'll be friends
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I have a few outside that usually pair off together. You'd be surprised how they find each other and hang out together.
They look like good buddies already...
terryo said:
on a side note....can you see how their shells look in this pic?...i have noticed that they look a bit dry/?...1st time I have even noticed Ninja like this..so I wonder whats going on...I have some vitashell should I use it?
dmarcus said:
I suddenly have a craving for milk duds.....
by the way, they are beautiful...
by the way, they are beautiful...
I wish tortoises were more like turtles and less territorial!
i love my boxies <3 yours look to be rather happy together, their are alot of pros and cons to using vitashell BUT the way i see it and IMO it is OK to use once in a while but not often. some will say it clogs their pores and etc but it has the same effect as hand loiton so use it but sparingly their shells look fine to me though when they really are dry they look dry they just look like milk duds lol
<3 yours look to be rather happy together, their are alot of pros and cons to using vitashell BUT the way i see it and IMO it is OK to use once in a while but not often. some will say it clogs their pores and etc but it has the same effect as hand loiton so use it but sparingly their shells look fine to me though when they really are dry they look dry they just look like milk duds lol
See if you can take some more pics of the one on the right. It's possible she may have a fungal shell infection. Or it could be just dry. If it's fungus, use nolvasan medicated ointment, it's amazing. It's a cream that you apply to the shell similar to vitashell.
Box turtle shells can get bacterial infections that make pitting and direct damage. It is most often caused by too wet of conditions or feces caked onto the plastron in small enclosures. Fungal infections grow through the keratin, and make the shell look dry and flakey. It is gains a foothold by either too dry an environment, or some pattern of wet, then dry. Low humidity may play a factor as well.
Steve
Box turtle shells can get bacterial infections that make pitting and direct damage. It is most often caused by too wet of conditions or feces caked onto the plastron in small enclosures. Fungal infections grow through the keratin, and make the shell look dry and flakey. It is gains a foothold by either too dry an environment, or some pattern of wet, then dry. Low humidity may play a factor as well.
Steve
supremelysteve said:
steve you are truly a wealth of knowege, i never in this world would have thought of a fungal infection . how long have you had boxies for? nolvasan is one of those thing you need in your emergency kit same with terrimycin
I've never used anything but petroleum jelly. I use it every few months for the last 20 years.
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