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Thanks!maggie3fan said:If these are current pictures you need to get those babies off the pellets. That is an old fashioned way to raise them that can cause damage to their legs... "splay" legs, and cause pyramiding and other things. I have raised many many desert babies on moist substrate and they grow better are more active and more healthy all around.
tricatschool said:Thanks!maggie3fan said:If these are current pictures you need to get those babies off the pellets. That is an old fashioned way to raise them that can cause damage to their legs... "splay" legs, and cause pyramiding and other things. I have raised many many desert babies on moist substrate and they grow better are more active and more healthy all around.
I posted my babies so that a comparison could be made between the size of my little ones, and the 'soft-ball sized babies' mentioned in an earlier post that were up for adoption.
I've just moved them to a moist substrate. It's amazing how much bad information is out on the Web. Fortunately they spent most of their 'early days' out on the grass, grazing, but they have a whole new enclosure/substrate/diet/etc. I love this forum!
Thanks for the comment. Every day my tortoise care is getting better!
Tric
tricatschool said:Thanks!maggie3fan said:If these are current pictures you need to get those babies off the pellets. That is an old fashioned way to raise them that can cause damage to their legs... "splay" legs, and cause pyramiding and other things. I have raised many many desert babies on moist substrate and they grow better are more active and more healthy all around.
I posted my babies so that a comparison could be made between the size of my little ones, and the 'soft-ball sized babies' mentioned in an earlier post that were up for adoption.
I've just moved them to a moist substrate. It's amazing how much bad information is out on the Web. Fortunately they spent most of their 'early days' out on the grass, grazing, but they have a whole new enclosure/substrate/diet/etc. I love this forum!
Thanks for the comment. Every day my tortoise care is getting better!
Tric
maggie3fan said:tricatschool said:Thanks!maggie3fan said:If these are current pictures you need to get those babies off the pellets. That is an old fashioned way to raise them that can cause damage to their legs... "splay" legs, and cause pyramiding and other things. I have raised many many desert babies on moist substrate and they grow better are more active and more healthy all around.
I posted my babies so that a comparison could be made between the size of my little ones, and the 'soft-ball sized babies' mentioned in an earlier post that were up for adoption.
I've just moved them to a moist substrate. It's amazing how much bad information is out on the Web. Fortunately they spent most of their 'early days' out on the grass, grazing, but they have a whole new enclosure/substrate/diet/etc. I love this forum!
Thanks for the comment. Every day my tortoise care is getting better!
Tric
I didn't mean to sound like I was criticizing you. It is a relatively new discovery that says rabbit pellets are a bad substrate. I raised many a desert baby on the pellet substrate, so I pay attention to the new ways of keeping them. I was just trying to help, so please keep posting and offering advice, and just understand I was not trying to cause you any disrespect...
tricatschool said:Thanks!maggie3fan said:If these are current pictures you need to get those babies off the pellets. That is an old fashioned way to raise them that can cause damage to their legs... "splay" legs, and cause pyramiding and other things. I have raised many many desert babies on moist substrate and they grow better are more active and more healthy all around.
I posted my babies so that a comparison could be made between the size of my little ones, and the 'soft-ball sized babies' mentioned in an earlier post that were up for adoption.
I've just moved them to a moist substrate. It's amazing how much bad information is out on the Web. Fortunately they spent most of their 'early days' out on the grass, grazing, but they have a whole new enclosure/substrate/diet/etc. I love this forum!
Thanks for the comment. Every day my tortoise care is getting better!
Tric
I didn't mean to sound like I was criticizing you. It is a relatively new discovery that says rabbit pellets are a bad substrate. I raised many a desert baby when I first started keeping them on the pellet substrate, so I pay attention now to the new ways of keeping them. I was just trying to help, so please keep posting and offering advice, and just understand I was not trying to cause you any disrespect...
maggie3fan said:I think when to adopt them out has a lot to do with how well they are eating, are they adjusted to grazing and the legalities of the whole situation. Who are you going to adopt to? Are they experienced tort keepers? Gopherus agassizii are extremely fragile as hatchlings and when I was helping at Yvonne's rescue she didn't let them go until they were about a year old.
DoctorCosmonaut said:Is it common for this species to have clutches so far apart?
DoctorCosmonaut said:Is it common for this species to have clutches so far apart?
Nay said:Tric, I just noticed your post that the adults have been in your family for four generations. So you grew up with them? Did your parents have pets? Did you enjoys the torts as a kid? I am just asking to get a feel if my 14 yr may grow to love my torts as I do. He seems to like them, but unless asked will do nothing for their care.. (Actually I could have ended that sentence 3 words shorter.) He always encourages me to get more when we see an add, (which I usually resist)
Good Luck with your new babies,what a cool surprise that must've been. Happy you ended up here,for the advice the experienced keepers can offer.
Na