The skin looks like it's pealing but not entirely. It's on his neck and the top part of its head. I haven't fed it specifiaclly any vitamin A supplement... is this the problem? His activities during the day are really sleep and eat. He enjoys climbing up and eating the plants I place in the tank... His diet is colards, kale and calcium supplement (with phospherous and a bit of Vitamins etc.)
2006-11-11 23:49:50 · 3 answers · asked by stardancegal 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
I have a russian tort..Id change the calcium dust that your using to non phospherous..Id tweek the diet a bit too...Russians are suppose to eat lots of weeds..Kale is good but not in excess check out this site..Its a site that was started by a turle/torts concervation group..
2006-11-14 05:17:02 · answer #1 · answered by onthefence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could he be shedding, maybe?
I don't really know much about Russian Tortoises, but I doubt that a lack of a vitamin A supplement would do him bad. Vitamin A is actually toxic to a lot of herps. Not sure about tortoises.
Also, I'd avoid using the calcium supplement with phosphorous; it messes with their calcium/phosphorous ratio, and, in the end, kind of defeats the purpose of giving them a calcium supplement at all. Stick to the straight-up calcium.
2006-11-12 15:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by Naomi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The diet is WAY low on iodine (Cabbage family foods always are), but the real problem is probably the relationship between the temp and humidity combined with normal shedding.
Try http://www.russiantortoise.org or http://www.austinsturtlepage.com for more help
2006-11-14 08:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋