return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
Click here for LLL Reptile & Supply  
Click here for LLL Reptile & Supply
This Space Available
3 months for $50.00
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: Bearded Dragon . . . . . . . . . .  Tinley Reflections: An open letter from Mom . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Apr 02, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Calusa Herp Society Meeting - Apr 04, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Apr 06, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Hamburg Reptile Show - Apr. 13, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - Apr 14, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Apr 16, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  DFW Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Apr 21, 2024 . . . . . . . . . . 
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research
full banner - advertise here .50¢/1000 views
click here for Healthy Herp
pool banner - $50 year

RE: Which is better?

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Box Turtles ] [ Reply To This Message ]
[ Register to Post ]

Posted by: Paradon at Sun Oct 3 20:54:14 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Paradon ]  
   

If their skin looks as if it's drying out even if they substrate is moist, I feel, it probably means the diet is lacking in some things. This means you probably should add some fruits and orange and yellow color veggies, like winter squash and carrots, to their diet. The beta-carotene in fruits and veggies really helps with the skin. And, also, adding some good turtle food, like Reptomin and Mazuri turtle pellets, to diet helps keep the skin moist and healthy IMO. My turtle skin is bright and shiny when I add some veggies, fruits, and the turtle food as part of their diet. Compared to what she was before, the rescue three-toed I got earlier a couple months, her skin looks very shiny and she has bright clear eyes.... When I first got her, her skin was dry and grayish looking, and she has this what looked like huge dry patch of skin on top of her head, but now her skin looks shiny and vibrant. That's why I think veggies and fruits is so important. And all this, I achieved without using a cover as I feel the wet dirt keeps it humid enough and she soaks everyday in a clean water dish.


   

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Hide Replies ]


>> Next topic:  Cuora flavomarginata (Breeding size) - grogansilver, Mon Oct 4 05:01:14 2010
<< Previous topic:  Cuora flavomarginata Identification? - grogansilver, Fri Oct 1 10:01:54 2010