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RE: Star females grow faster than males?

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Posted by: ScottE at Fri Mar 31 11:42:26 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ScottE ]  
   

OK. I suspect your problem is metabolic. I'd move to a phosphorous-free calcium supplement. The scute depressions are likley the result of decreased metabolic bone density combined with growth.

Loose the Kale and Spinach. "Beet greens, kale, spinach and members of the Goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae contain relatively high Ca levels but this is bound up with oxalic acid which reacts with calcium to form insoluble calcium oxalate."

Ensure proper UV exposure, and I'm sure their shells will begin to grow normally when dietary adjustments are made.

Loose the cucumber all together. The high water content may actually decrease gut motility, not an added problem you want.

See: http://www.anapsid.org/dietcons.html


   

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