Shell question

[Pák]

No, its a cleanup with a toothbrush dipped in citric acid and water solution.

 

[Tom]

It sounds like I don’t have to use the coconut oil! Tom do you use it?

Sometimes in some situations, yes. My climate is very dry here, and when I first move juveniles outside full time, the growth seams can get very dried out. The coconut oil helps to ease this transition. I don't use it on indoor babies, and I don't use it on large fully grown adults.

I think is is useful and beneficial for young growing tortoises, but its not harmful when used on any tortoises in any situation. During the times when I use it, I find weekly application to be enough.

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

I use kitchen paper and then dispose as it gets dirty. I use an ear bud ( qtip) for difficult scute edges that paper can not get to.

Kitchen paper and ear buds are killing me haha

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

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His shell looks pretty smooth.. nice job. The white dryness ur seeing on the growth lines looks like mineral deposits from hard water. Do you spray him down a few times a day?