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Lindsey

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Biting
« on: March 14, 2006, 09:20:26 PM »
My Russian Tortoise, I'm not sure how old, he's about 4-5 inches, bites his legs every once and a while. I checked for mites and he seems fine. I've used Tortoise lotion and I soak him...even though he doesn't like it. He doesn't do it that often, so I was wondering if he's just itchy or something like that.
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Joe H

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Re: Biting
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2006, 01:05:04 PM »
What is "tortoise lotion"

I wouldn't soak him in anything except plain ol water.

If they are too dry they will tend to bite at themselves.
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Lindsey

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Re: Biting
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2006, 04:22:09 PM »
I bought this stuff called Turtle Vita Shell and it says its for shells and dry spots. It smells just like vasaline to me, but I used it and he stopped biting.
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Re: Biting
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2006, 02:48:58 PM »
vitashell is one of those uselss products.

Don't use it on the shell.

Change the environment to get it more moist and the problem
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