Thank you sooo much Tammy.Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will have an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will have an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will have an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will have an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will have an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will ha an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will have an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
Thanks for the information! So maybe he really is a RES. I hope that now we know all this about him, someone will have an answer to the biting problem. It must be very worrying for you!
He is my baby 😭It looks like he has advanced MBD, from lack of UVB and correct conditions over so many years. But I understand that he is very precious to you and you really need to try to help him.
I thought about that too…😖To be honest though, I think he may really be suffering quite a lot, and if you can't fix the biting behavior, it may mean that the problem is neurological and that euthanasia would be the kindest thing you could do for him now. @Tom
I had 4 turtles, 2 males and 2 females and all of them had the same care, access to direct sun food and attention from me until they were 8 years old.It looks like he has advanced MBD, from lack of UVB and correct conditions over so many years. But I understand that he is very precious to you and you really need to try to help him.
Thank you so much, 🙏❤️Please don't feel bad. You have given him your very best love and caring for so long! You are a wonderful human being and that little reptile of yours has been a very lucky guy! Plus, I was thinking about the situation with the biting. Suppose that he is blind. You put him in water to feed him, so he expects food to be in the water even though he can't see it. So, if you put him in water, he is going to be biting anything he encounters, in case it is food, especially if he is hungry. He is biting to try to eat.
Hi Tammy,Please don't let the vet do any kind of operation on him right now, as it may be unnecessary and hurt or kill him.
Bonjour Tammy !How's Tosca doing now?
Everything that I know about RES turtles or what I think I know is from having kept them for years, or from the real experts here on this forum. I can only help in a limited way and from my experience with them . We don't even have any real reptile vets in Jamaica. Anyway I really hope the problem with Tosca can be solved! Thanks for keeping us informed.m