We just received our little addition about 1 1/2weeks ago. It is doing great. I have read alot of different things on caring for these little guys (lol). At the moment we have him on newspaper with timothy grass in the corner, which he eats more of then beds into..... We have been feeding him grass and clover with supplement every other day. For a water bowl we are using the top of a coffee can. I do have a couple of ? though.... When he is relaxing his back legs seem to twitch, is this normal or should we be worried? He seems to be ok, I mean he really roams around his enclosure (29 gallon aquarium. Also this may be a dumb question but are you supposed to trim their claws? He walks on them its like he is walking on his tip toes. Thank you for any advice..
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>> When he is relaxing his back legs seem to twitch, is this normal or should we be worried? He seems to be ok, I mean he really roams around his enclosure (29 gallon aquarium.
Do you feed him a calcium supplement a couple of times per week?
Sometimes limb twitching in reptiles indicates a lack of calcium in the diet. If you supplement on a regular basis it will stop & not be a problem down the road.
>Also this may be a dumb question but are you supposed to trim their claws? He walks on them its like he is walking on his tip toes. Thank you for any advice..
Yes they do need to be trimmed if he's not walking on his feet. When you trim nails look at them in a strong light, you can see the vein in the nail & you don't want to cut the vein. If you've never done this before you might want to get a vet to do it for you the first time & have the vet show you how to do it yourself.
I have 2 styles of dog clippers, bird claw clippers but for trimming my turtle nails I've found that using a nail clipper for humans works better for me. Go figure lol.
My tortoise lives outside & I don't trim her nails but I do have an indoor box turtle who needs nail trims now & then.
Do you have any photos of your new baby you could post here? I'll bet he's really cute, what's his name?
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