orangegizmo
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Hi everyone,
I am new to the forum and need some help as this is my 1st Indian Star. I rescued it as someone just dumped him at the lift landing inside a basket stating his name, Giddy (I wonder is it because he always appear sleepy), and his diet of long beans and lettuce.
1. From the looks of it, he seems to be suffering from MBD (from what I read) as his hind legs doesn't seems to support itself and just dragging along tiles surface.
2. I reckon he is around 10 years old, he is 7 inches long and 4.5 inches wide. His shell also have a few pyramids.
3. I gotten him a proper enclosure with 1 UVA and 1 UVB lighting. I also added a water dish for him to soak and drink whenever he likes but today I noticed that he has been soaking almost the whole day in the water dish basking. Is that normal?
I'm now trying to make him as comfortable as possible to make up what he went through previously (i know nothing of it but I don't think it was a good environment).
Now that he has UVB, should I add calcium and D3 to his diet to help with the MBD? Also, should I get the sand mat from exo terra to help give him some traction while he tries using his back legs?
Pardon me for the questions as this is my 1st indian star, I know stars are not recommended for beginners but seems like he adopted me instead and I'm trying to improve his life.
This is how he looks like;
I am new to the forum and need some help as this is my 1st Indian Star. I rescued it as someone just dumped him at the lift landing inside a basket stating his name, Giddy (I wonder is it because he always appear sleepy), and his diet of long beans and lettuce.
1. From the looks of it, he seems to be suffering from MBD (from what I read) as his hind legs doesn't seems to support itself and just dragging along tiles surface.
2. I reckon he is around 10 years old, he is 7 inches long and 4.5 inches wide. His shell also have a few pyramids.
3. I gotten him a proper enclosure with 1 UVA and 1 UVB lighting. I also added a water dish for him to soak and drink whenever he likes but today I noticed that he has been soaking almost the whole day in the water dish basking. Is that normal?
I'm now trying to make him as comfortable as possible to make up what he went through previously (i know nothing of it but I don't think it was a good environment).
Now that he has UVB, should I add calcium and D3 to his diet to help with the MBD? Also, should I get the sand mat from exo terra to help give him some traction while he tries using his back legs?
Pardon me for the questions as this is my 1st indian star, I know stars are not recommended for beginners but seems like he adopted me instead and I'm trying to improve his life.
This is how he looks like;
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