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- 15 Mar 2020, 12:07
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: baby spur thigh, weight
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Re: baby spur thigh, weight
update, as you suggested I have been reducing the amount of food I give her, so weight on the 20th feb was 98G a 25g weigh gain from the month before weighed her today 15th march she has lost a little now she at 89g, still very active, leaves some of her food so I am guessing she isn't left hungry w...
- 02 Mar 2020, 13:11
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: baby spur thigh, weight
- Replies: 8
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Re: baby spur thigh, weight
hi yes photos would be nice to see as my spring project will be the bigger table, I like the idea of a split level just got to make sure she doesn't fall off the sides of the ramp, so a side wall I think, may do as you done put food on upper level so that she has to use up some energy to get to it, ...
- 01 Mar 2020, 12:18
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: baby spur thigh, weight
- Replies: 8
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Re: baby spur thigh, weight
Thanx again for the info, will be stealing some of your table idea (nice table by the way. I do put ark vits with extra calcium powder on all feeds should I add a cuttlefish bone I the enclosure as well , now should I reduce the amount of food intake she has to help with the bumps ? As I don't want ...
- 29 Feb 2020, 15:12
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: baby spur thigh, weight
- Replies: 8
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Re: baby spur thigh, weight
Hi Nina Thanx for the reply, I will thin out the food as suggested, and raise the lamp a little, but I did have it a little higher before as was trying to get it right and she hardly moved at all, but since lowering yo present position she is quite active alway trundling around checking things out d...
- 29 Feb 2020, 13:41
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: baby spur thigh, weight
- Replies: 8
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baby spur thigh, weight
hi all am new here was given a baby spur thigh as a birthday prezzie, she was hatched last august 2019, I have a good set up ect, and I have started weighing her on a monthly basis, this being the second month, I have a set of digital scales that I use, so the first weigh-in she was 73g second was 9...