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[kafiltafiisch]

so last night my tortoise died and no it wasnt from bad husbandry, im thinking parasite.... but on the other hand i cleaned out her tub and redid it for the mali uro and the idea here is to get a male and breed uros because i love their personalities! but were is a good place to get a male CB im thinking deer fern farms if you guys know any other places please do tell

 

[varanio]

Did you take it to the vet to see what was wrong with it? Did you suspect something was wrong with the Tort? Or did it just die all of a sudden?

 

[reptech]

how much you wanna spend on a uro ??

 

[kafiltafiisch]

Did you take it to the vet to see what was wrong with it? Did you suspect something was wrong with the Tort? Or did it just die all of a sudden?

it happened in a period of a week it started to just become more and more lethargic and it lost like 2 grams and then i checked on it last night and it was dead, it would have had an appointment on next tuesday but it didnt make it...

 

[coura]

That is VERY strange It was a sulcata wasnt it? That is a very hardy tortoise, something bad must have happened... How do you kept her and what is her background? Please include things like substrate, temps,ligthing,etc

 

[kafiltafiisch]

how much you wanna spend on a uro ??

less than 100 without shipping charges

 

[kafiltafiisch]

That is VERY strange It was a sulcata wasnt it? That is a very hardy tortoise, something bad must have happened... How do you kept her and what is her background? Please include things like substrate, temps,ligthing,etc

Substrate-sand and coco fiber
temps-70 at night 90 basking
lighting- 10.0 uvb and heat bulbs
food- grasses untreated, geranium, prickly pea, and tortoise pellets
i got her at our local herp show and she had been doing fine till last sunday

 

[coura]

You had any nigth time heat? I would use a heat pad, but its still kind of odd. Your habitat was a open one or a closed one like a aquarium?

 

[kafiltafiisch]

You had any nigth time heat? I would use a heat pad, but its still kind of odd. Your habitat was a open one or a closed one like a aquarium?

50 gallon rubbermaid one side had planted grass and as for night time heat we ave a built in room heater

 

[coura]

Well that seems pretty good to me I allways prefer closed habitats because they hold heat and humidity much better but your toise should have been able to trive in thouse condicions... That´s the thing in buying baby animals, their fragile, sometimes the best intencion and care in the world isnt enough That´s why buying a yearling its so much better