Wow- lots of responses- Lets see,
No, they did not sedate him when they cut his beak
He pretty much just held him from the neck and promised me it didn't hurt and then just clipped it. He didnt hiss or anything like he does when he is unhappy so I assumed he really didnt feel it.
Joe- the way you worded the whole UVB stuff was how he told me. I just wasn't as good at remembering the fine details.
And no, I didn't even give the dog/cat food another thought. I read that information on this website the first night of my research and when he said that it shocked me. I would never think of feeding a reptile DOG food. Theats why the word DOG is in front of the food part. (I was once dared to eat dog food and I didn't like the taste of it very much anyways)
Pics are on the way. working on them this second.
And the vitamine stuff I though I would give it a try. Maybe after ya'll see the pics you can help decide if I should give it to him on a temporarly basis.
I sincerly an thankful for all the posts. keep them coming, I am learning so much.
Oh, and about the "cage"- I would say it is an aquarium. It is 15x32. And I want to build him an out door area too, in the next month. The guy I talked to told me not to use any kind of cover or supply an area for him to hide from the light. So yesterday when I brought him home I took away the half carved out log tunnel that he has. But by the end of the night he looked like he was getting sick of the heat so I gave it back to him, just so he can have a break. Good idea or not?
And about the night light. I don't much enjoy it either. Lance is in my room. And that light makes my whole room shine red! I don't like it much. I will call the Pet store tommorow to find out the exact details of the lights he supplied me with for all of you to know. I definently don't want to go off just one person's advice, I did that ten years ago and see where it got me?
Here are some pics. Hopefully I did this right
In the first picture I am showing you the back of his shell. Do you see how it has grown out lighter than the rest of his shell? Is that normal?
In the second picture is the best pic I could get of his face (he was hating me for making him try to sit still) So there's the best I could get of his eyes.
In the third pic is just Lance. All around him is the bedding that the pet store supplied me with. Can you tell what it is? I'll trade it out with something else if I need to.
And that last pic is his cage. Like I said its 15x32 and he supplies the lights for me. He said to keep it at around 86 degrees at all time. True?
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