General tort questions
Posted: 27 Jul 2020, 12:40
Hi,
I'm back with questions about Jemima...
I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong...Jemima goes from active days to bone damn idol days!
As you know she was a rehome so I did the best I could in a short space of time. She lives indoors in a table, and goes outside in her pen weather permitting OR if the weathers bad she goes in a pet pen indoors supervised....indoors/outdoors I always put things in her enclosures so she can hide or things to offer stimulation. She mostly just looks uninspired and miserable for all I do for her!
She used to love climbing up on her bridge in her table and be sat waiting at her food bowl but today she didnt get up till dinner and hasn't eaten yet (it is a horrific rainy day btw).
Her eyes are clear, shes been worm tested in the past fortnight (all clear)and her poopies are moist and formed. Shes urinating and its chrystal clear and only a slight trace of moist urate if any. She is fed only fresh picked wild plants, and I'm gradually reducing the flowers to greens to balance the ratio. She has put on 32gs in the last month from 354g -386g in the last month. She's also bathed for 20mins x3 times a week.
I'm not sure if I should disturb her if shes napping to get her moving and put her under her heat lamp. Is it cruel of me to disturb her if shes sleeping?? She seemed to love her indoor playtime yesterday and loved me holding her AND talking to her.
She can have RARE outside play days where she sits in her plant pot and scowls at the world and the next shell carry her plant pot to the other end of her run..
She's got a dual solar glow basking light/UV. It's the correct temp/10" away from her shell top(is 12" the recommended distance), reading 32°. She has a water dish in her enclosure. Only has top soil in there. The basking light is over one corner so she can have an ambient temperature and her covered sleeping area maintains a temp of 20-22°.
Any advice would be welcome and I'm prepared to make any changes you suggest. I was wondering if a strip light and separate basking light would be more appropriate?
The only other change ive seen in the last few days is shes been doing a crazy dance inside her Willow tunnel in her indoor pen..she raises herself up on her hind legs and keeps her front ones on the floor..and sways her front sideways left to right vigorously ..not sure if this is a dominance/sexual maturity thingy..but the willow tunnel has always been in there??
BLIMEY, but I wanted to give you all her stats so you could help US best as possible x
THANKYOU, JODY FROM WIRKSWORTH
I'm back with questions about Jemima...
I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong...Jemima goes from active days to bone damn idol days!
As you know she was a rehome so I did the best I could in a short space of time. She lives indoors in a table, and goes outside in her pen weather permitting OR if the weathers bad she goes in a pet pen indoors supervised....indoors/outdoors I always put things in her enclosures so she can hide or things to offer stimulation. She mostly just looks uninspired and miserable for all I do for her!
She used to love climbing up on her bridge in her table and be sat waiting at her food bowl but today she didnt get up till dinner and hasn't eaten yet (it is a horrific rainy day btw).
Her eyes are clear, shes been worm tested in the past fortnight (all clear)and her poopies are moist and formed. Shes urinating and its chrystal clear and only a slight trace of moist urate if any. She is fed only fresh picked wild plants, and I'm gradually reducing the flowers to greens to balance the ratio. She has put on 32gs in the last month from 354g -386g in the last month. She's also bathed for 20mins x3 times a week.
I'm not sure if I should disturb her if shes napping to get her moving and put her under her heat lamp. Is it cruel of me to disturb her if shes sleeping?? She seemed to love her indoor playtime yesterday and loved me holding her AND talking to her.
She can have RARE outside play days where she sits in her plant pot and scowls at the world and the next shell carry her plant pot to the other end of her run..
She's got a dual solar glow basking light/UV. It's the correct temp/10" away from her shell top(is 12" the recommended distance), reading 32°. She has a water dish in her enclosure. Only has top soil in there. The basking light is over one corner so she can have an ambient temperature and her covered sleeping area maintains a temp of 20-22°.
Any advice would be welcome and I'm prepared to make any changes you suggest. I was wondering if a strip light and separate basking light would be more appropriate?
The only other change ive seen in the last few days is shes been doing a crazy dance inside her Willow tunnel in her indoor pen..she raises herself up on her hind legs and keeps her front ones on the floor..and sways her front sideways left to right vigorously ..not sure if this is a dominance/sexual maturity thingy..but the willow tunnel has always been in there??
BLIMEY, but I wanted to give you all her stats so you could help US best as possible x
THANKYOU, JODY FROM WIRKSWORTH