Reptiles - August 2007

In the morning my turtle had big swollen eyes.. and she couldn`t open them.. I took her to the vet and he gave her an injection.. and he gave me some vitamin oil to put on her eyes .. any other suggestions?

I allso have a boy tortoise .. so is it contagious .. he is ok till now..
It`s a californian red ears turtle.. really qute.

2007-08-07 02:34:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-06 21:09:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK.. I have a 2 hour old crested gecko hatchling.. and we know what to do for him.. the only thing I forgot to research.. and am having problems finding, is how soon after it hatches can it be moved? Its still in the incubator, but we have 11 other eggs.... 3 of which are going to hatch soon... but when can I remove the hatchling into his own home???

2007-08-06 16:08:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was wondering if my leopard geckos could eat organic peach baby food....and if not what other fruits can they eat??

btw- Leopard Geckos can and DO eat fruit & vegetables...thats one of the reason you feed crickets fruit and vegetables. SO PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY THEY DON"T EAT FRUIT!! (I really just don't want to hear it.)

2007-08-06 15:54:32 · 5 answers · asked by hannah l 2

Today I bought an additional thermometer and a humidity gauge so there is a therm. on each end of my 20 gallon tank. Is it ok to have a heat pad with a hide box above it and then a clamp lamp in the same end of the tank but opposite side? I want to create more of a warm/cool temp gradient. On the opp. end I now have her water/soaking dish + various shrubbery. She got rid of all her shed except the eye caps. She ate a mouse today but I know the eye caps need off. I sprayed a special shed spray on her from my store that is for the eye caps to loosen them. I'm going to see if they come off by themself but if not tomorrow I am planning on manually removing them. I have heard numerous ways of achieving this. Tape? by hand? What's the best technique? I've never done it before and my reptile specialist @ work isnt in till thursday so I was hoping I could do it myself before then. Any help would be much appreciated!

2007-08-06 15:50:53 · 10 answers · asked by Andrea 1

2007-08-06 15:40:57 · 11 answers · asked by BigMikebodybuilding4LIFE 1

While babysitting, I found a bearded dragon basking in the sun on their concrete sidewalk, (eventually) caught it, and brought it home. I've researched (via internet) what they're supposed to eat and everything.. But I was wondering:

1. Could you identify what type of beardie it is?:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n166/iloveaustinf/rnadom.gardenbeardievids046.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n166/iloveaustinf/rnadom.gardenbeardievids047.jpg

2. Is it too thin?

3. (If it's possible to tell...) does it look healthy?

4. What should I watch out for, and

5. Has this happened to anyone else? lol

2007-08-06 15:02:47 · 18 answers · asked by Kristen 3

thank you all for answering my questions you are all great thanx for taking the time to answer all my questions thank you all

2007-08-06 14:47:41 · 14 answers · asked by rory 2

2007-08-06 13:02:06 · 12 answers · asked by One Wing Eagle Woman 6

my snake got out of blue a day and a half ago and has not ate his food it has been in there for 5-7 minutes how long should it be in there for ???
plzz

2007-08-06 12:18:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter Mary had a baby?

2007-08-06 11:53:54 · 15 answers · asked by Darth Cheney 7

i wanna know how much time should i spend my time with my iguana an also when could i start to pick him up an play with him?

2007-08-06 11:53:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I was just recently at a reptile show and I picked up some tomatoe hornworms for my adult bearded dragon. She absolutely loved them. Anyone know where I can get them again? or a good website that has them to be shipped?

2007-08-06 10:42:44 · 2 answers · asked by Beardyboy37 2

I need help from someone who is good at taking care of turtles, maybe by e-mail add. or maybe if u have yahoo messenger....

2007-08-06 10:08:31 · 6 answers · asked by CHEY 1

do tortoises have to hibernate??

2007-08-06 06:35:25 · 10 answers · asked by alice b 2

hes from norther NJ

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2007-08-05 17:41:45 · 6 answers · asked by spongeflog 3

2007-08-05 14:47:33 · 6 answers · asked by tgranger127 2

I'm taking a box turtle off of the hands of a friend that keeps it in a 5 gal tank full of water.
What do I need to know to take care of him?
What is the ideal type of indoor housing?
Does he need a heat rock or lamp?
What should I use to cover the floor in his cage?
Any information will help since I have never owned any type of reptile. Thank you!

2007-08-05 14:23:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i always put my turtle in "hard" water that hasnt been through a water softener. could i use soft water or not. the person at the pet store said to treat them the same as a goldfish and i know goldfish need hard water. but turtles dont breath through water, so could it work?

2007-08-05 13:30:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 13:29:19 · 5 answers · asked by DjepManila 1

Does anyone know any filters i could get that would keep the tank REALLY CLEAN??? I want it to be able to pick up a lot of gross stuff from my tank. I have 3 baby red ear slider turtles and i really need suggestions on a GREAT filter that would work to clean up almost everything. I only want to clean the tank every 2 weeks of more. I just bought a filter but it doesn't clean my water at all and i really want one that will!! Thanks so much for answering!! (The person who tells me about the best filter will get best answer)

2007-08-05 13:05:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 12:05:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

He seems to be 'scratching' his eyes alot and his face looks yellowish. I am not sure if this is typical for his species or if I should be treating a health problem...

Here is some details about thier environment..

I have a 55 gallon that also houses a red ear slider. The water is kept clean with 3 filters and is completely changed monthly. I feed them a variety of foods including fruits and vegetables, pellets, shrimp, worms, crickets and rosy red minnows. I treat their water with water conditioner for turtles. The each have a basking dock, one has a heat lamp (for the red ear)and ones does not (for the musk). The tank is also covered by a full length UV light.

2007-08-05 11:33:24 · 6 answers · asked by Insurancepro 2

my tank is growing algae like crazy. this is what i have in my set up
three gallons of water
filer
light
one 3.5in red ear slider
one 1.5in sucker fish
and two small stones
and the algae still continues to grow like crazy.....can you help
thank you in advance

2007-08-05 11:08:51 · 5 answers · asked by Malinda 3

2007-08-05 09:34:28 · 17 answers · asked by .♥heather♥. 2

how do i get the humility to go upin my russian tortise enclosure

2007-08-05 07:38:57 · 4 answers · asked by rory 2

but it doesnt seem to work..now a white line has formed in the centre on its shell..what should i do???

any medication...plzzzz

2007-08-04 18:56:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

hold my baby painted turtle a lot. I do it so he can get used to it.

2007-08-04 17:27:23 · 9 answers · asked by *~*~tubane~*~* 3

that my russian tortoise poo is watery and he poops every day like 2 times a day is this normal

2007-08-04 17:24:50 · 5 answers · asked by rory 2

see she has swollen eyes and this is caused by vitamin a difficiency. I hadn't noticed but i believe i bought him at the pet store like that. I don't wanna take her back because I don't know what they might do to it. I don't want them to like kill it so I want to cure it myself.
-thanks

2007-08-04 17:12:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous