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Posted by Lisa on January 09, 2001 at 13:27:15:

In Reply to: A hero! You've definitely hit the jackpot for help on this forum. posted by Lisa on January 09, 2001 at 13:24:53:

: : Dang, just discovered this board, it's great. In a nutshell here is Pebbles story...She is a 5 year old sulcata and only 6 inches long. Her former "owner" only fed her canned veggies, no heat no light and no water EVER! He told me she is from areas where there is no water so she doesn't need it! Needless to say her shell is extremly bumpy. I took her my reptile vet, because she had an upper respitory infection. We got that treated with 2 weeks of shots. She also received some vitamen shots. She has perked up some but still wont eat. I have her in a 3 foot by 3 foot homemade enclosure, with UV/B lighting and a basking light. The temp is 100 under the basking light and is 80-82 at the other side. For now she is on newspaper with shredded white papertowels and a hide box. I will change this later, but for now I am monitoring her closly. She has pooped once in 3 weeks. On Jan 2 she ate 3 bites of yellow squash. I've tried carrots, romaine, bananas, greenpepper, collards, and alfalfa. I'm under 2 feet of snow so some food items are not an option.I also soak her 2-3 times a week. HELP! any suggestions to get her to eat? I raise 3 types of box turtles and hingebacks and have an elongated tortoise, but sulcatas are new to me. Thanks for any suggestions. D. Michelson

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: : : Dang, just discovered this board, it's great. In a nutshell here is Pebbles story...She is a 5 year old sulcata and only 6 inches long. Her former "owner" only fed her canned veggies, no heat no light and no water EVER! He told me she is from areas where there is no water so she doesn't need it! Needless to say her shell is extremly bumpy. I took her my reptile vet, because she had an upper respitory infection. We got that treated with 2 weeks of shots. She also received some vitamen shots. She has perked up some but still wont eat. I have her in a 3 foot by 3 foot homemade enclosure, with UV/B lighting and a basking light. The temp is 100 under the basking light and is 80-82 at the other side. For now she is on newspaper with shredded white papertowels and a hide box. I will change this later, but for now I am monitoring her closly. She has pooped once in 3 weeks. On Jan 2 she ate 3 bites of yellow squash. I've tried carrots, romaine, bananas, greenpepper, collards, and alfalfa. I'm under 2 feet of snow so some food items are not an option.I also soak her 2-3 times a week. HELP! any suggestions to get her to eat? I raise 3 types of box turtles and hingebacks and have an elongated tortoise, but sulcatas are new to me. Thanks for any suggestions. D. Michelson

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