Why all new threads emerged when most stuff here? LOL.... newbies, refer lah to the thread the sifus created.... anyway, will merge.

Hahaha.... his name is Adam. Damn heavy, need 2 people to carry him. I fell while doing so last time.

Adam used to have a mate, it was some Royalty's tortoise.... they produced 4 lil sulcatas.... or was it 6? I can't remember but it was an even number ahhaah.... I was working there from Dec 2006 to Jan 2007.

If a tortoise has soft shell.... sunning and normal calcium intake would be slow.... I dunno what progress would happen coz I had 1 star that was like that before, it died within a year.... I was feeding it calcium powder and sunning him too.

The right way to treat would be lots of sun, high calcium foods and also calcium injections.... must do weekly or something. This is a faster way to get the calcium absorbed into the body to harden the shell... vet told me this 5 years ago..... coz my star died 5 years ago.

Now my current 6 year old star is healthy with a very hard shell.

Mine was also small.... it was like 2 inches.... already you can know if it is having problem. Young stars have spongy shells, not soft shell.... soft shell is like.... erm... if you press the shell easily with slight force, it means soft.... spongy is not soft, is like still solid but like spring a bit....

Hard to explain, I can only show it LOL.

You can't tell the sex of a star when it is that young. Need at least 4 inches onwards. Also, hatchlings do not show pyramiding in their first few months.... you will only see it once it reaches a year... and that is if the way and diet you feed is incorrect.

Becareful of size.... star tortoises that are below 3 inches are very prone to falling ill and dying.... they are super sensitive to their surroundings, especially humidity.

Moderators don't have time to read all the pages, and I had no internet connection for 2 weeks. Those cherry heads already deleted. If you want to sell, just go and post in Garage sales lah. Is that hard? Also, we normally delete post when people make a report.... so... you broke the rules and people saw. This is not our day job nor are moderators paid to help out in this forum.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: May 17 2008, 11:20 PM