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Vita shell use or not use?

melindas Feb 08, 2007 04:29 PM

I have a baby Sulcata and someone gave me A jar of it , can it be used to help his skin and shell? Has anyone used this?
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1.0 Het for pied
0.1 Het for Pied
1.5 normal balls
1.1 bearded dragons
0.1.0 Sulcata tort
1.3 kids
1.0 husband
To many little critters list

Replies (5)

nybuckeye Feb 08, 2007 08:13 PM

I use it frequently and it works very well. It makes their shells look very nice and it helps out with dry skin. It doesnt completely take the dryness off the face (above the eyes and on top of head) but i have found neosporin, or other topcial antibiotics to work really well for that.

melindas Feb 08, 2007 10:05 PM

Thank you. I have a humid hide and a humidifier but he still looks dry.
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1.0 Het for pied
0.1 Het for Pied
1.5 normal balls
1.1 bearded dragons
0.1.0 Sulcata tort
1.3 kids
1.0 husband
To many little critters list

nybuckeye Feb 09, 2007 12:33 PM

>>Thank you. I have a humid hide and a humidifier but he still looks dry.

I also have a humid hide, and I soak every other day, but sometimes they will camp out right under the heatlamp at a 115 degrees and it dries out the area above their eyes.

melindas Feb 09, 2007 10:59 PM

That is what mine does..
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1.0 Het for pied
0.1 Het for Pied
1.5 normal balls
1.1 bearded dragons
0.1.0 Sulcata tort
1.3 kids
1.0 husband
To many little critters list

PHRatz Feb 11, 2007 01:15 PM

Actually using a heavy cream like that isn't good for them because the shell is living tissue, the cream can block air flow through the tissue.
If you compare the label of this cream to human hand cream or even horse hoof cream.. you'll see it's not really different & is IMO just a high dollar rip off.
Frankly in times of low humidity like right now where I live I have found that adding a bit of fish aquarium stress coat helps with dryness more than anything.. as long as the dryness is not diet related.
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PHRatz

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