01-05-2012, 12:58 PM | #11 |
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That sounds like wise advice! (not that I had been that I had been planning on oiling them up!)
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many people still put olive oil or similar on the shells, maybe because they have been told its ok or just to make them look nice but as the shell is a 2 way heat exchanger and is porous, oil can block the holes and the oil would react on the shell the same as on those people that sit in the sun covered in it. Even worse if the tort sits under its heat lamp I'd imagine if it couldn't get away it could literally fry. My old female Ibera had been oiled with something and it had made her shell almost black it took many months of baths and rain to shift it and it never did go from the crevices in her shell.
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that is sad! and good words of warning!
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Not just an awful experience though - it's evidence that a large excess of uvb is harmful.
For those that can afford it, it's worth having a uvb meter.
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I'd love to see where this information originated.
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This doesn't make sense unless D3 was added to the diet.
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