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a few questions about my baby


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Posted by danya on May 19, 2002 at 13:19:47:

okay, i'm being very careful with him, i'm not going to describe his set up because it fits the description of everything i've been recommended and all the caresheets i've seen. I'm feeding it Mediteranian mix (endives, escorole?, etc...) squash, carrots, zuchinni, dandilions, watercress, papaya, mango, bananna (little bit), and clover. I listen to him breathe every day and never noticed anything except for when i'm soaking him, he makes a very noticable weezing/gurgling type sound. except for when i'm soaking him, i never ever hear it. Also, his eyes look dry and are sometimes closed. His humidity is 60% to 80% and whenever it's warm out, i take him outside for a hour or so to sun bathe and graze. He drinks from his dish a lot and wanders around, but a lot of times he kinda sits in the corner and sleeps. His limbs are not swollen, he's friendly, he has gained 6 grams in 3 weeks. Should i be concerned with the noise he makes when he soaks? Is this normal? I don't want to waste money on the vet if this isn't something to be worried about. Oh also, when i bought him, there was a BEAUTIFUL sibling of his there! Instead of the basic yellow and black shell, there was a lot of red on the shell also. It was black background, with yellow patches and then red swirled into the yellow. I was going to get him except he was about half the size of my guy and they are from the same clutch, so i didn't want to take the chance of him being unhealthy. Mine has a TINY bit of red in his shell, if you look closely, you can see it... i'll post pictures when i get the film developed and i finish the roll! Do i have some kind of 'special tortoise'? That would be neat. Also, is that Vitashell stuff good? I picked some up, but i don't want to use it incase it's bad or something. I don't know much about it.


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