Anyone here use Mazuri tortoise diet? thanks

whoops..missed that ampang word..lolz..sry me bad..

sorry for late reply
yeah i trying to 1 time buy a big pool for them
i cant tahan see them cant move much , make me cant enjoy watching them swim freely in a big pool , haha and the disadv part is they grow bigger to be a godzila
are they any other common snapper owners around?

This post has been edited by ELM0: Nov 15 2008, 11:36 PM

My star tortoise has been starting to make a click sound after i fed it with some pellets. Is it a respiratory infection or??

Hey Kenn91, hows ur STs doing? Still clicking?

Is it some pellet crumbs stuck in the URT? NO bubbly nose rite, if yes taht could be RNS or URI....

Sorry cant be of mcuh help as not much info supplied

Hope it recovers with time...

Cheers

Thanks for helping. No bubbly nose. Everything okay. just the sound that i feel weird nii. =\

if not mistaken the calcium powder i bougt named REPTI-CAL and its smell so strong

my tort also like that and i also using REPTI-CAL. when give it with food,they seems loss their appetite. some REPTI-CAL in PW midvalley expired oledi,but they still sell it.

yeah man...i also buy it from midvalley-2 months before expiry date....since my tortoise don't like it, i've thrown it away

Baytril nasal drops can be prepared manually, i have a whole bottle here....the concentration is 0.2%

baytril dose is 5-10mg/kg...use a lower dose for younger animals...

baytril injectables are better to be injected at the hindlimb and not the forelimb...

preferable because it's easier and safer....

must dilute before injecting because baytril is alkaline and is painful when injected intramuscularly...

i don recommend giving baytril to young animals as it will severely impair the growth of the animal later...

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Added on November 22, 2008, 11:10 pmhi everybody

1st time in here and glad to meet all the pros here...

can i have some advice on star tortoise breeding from all of u here?

your help and advice is much appreciated...

thanks

This post has been edited by leejinwee28: Nov 22 2008, 11:10 PM

Thx for your input jinwee28, I find that concocting Baytril nasal drops from tablet form is still not as neat as getting a commercial preparation
premixed solution. The Baytril tab I bought was 50mg per tab....the dosage recommended is only 5-10mg/kg...and the ST is only 105g.
That makes it 1.05mg ~1mg requirement every other day=give Day1, skip Day 2, give Day3 again etc...
Just say u dilute 1 tab of 50mg Baytril into 10ml of saline or water...u would need ~0.2ml for its daily requirement and this is not the actual nasal drop requirement but just the enteral or perenteral dosage. I find that the gentamicin-betamethasone combo is more easily administered...just
make sure to give them 1-2 times per day and not 3 times a day as gentamicin =aminoglycoside group, has risk of inducing renal failure due to its nephrotoxicity (in humans with impaired renal function too).

My fren's ST RNS has resolved after adding some regular sunbathing, infrared heat lamp (use 75W and below as it gets VERY hot), now it's back
with the gang, actively eating...and no more disturbing bubbly nose. Baytril was given initially for a few days but aborted as it has notorious side effects and wasnt easy to give, not to mention the fact that u could overdose if given more than u should...imagine giving 0.2 mls to the ST, how sure are u adequate amounts are received...

Anyway...nip the prob early with sunlight, heat lamp, antibiotics would be the way to go

Cheers

Hi guys... i'm new to this thread, and actually found this forum thread while searching for soft shelled turtles. Anyway, does anyone here know where i can buy baby soft shelled turtles? Like in which pet shop will have them in stock? I know this is rude, but can anyone who knows please sms me the place that sells the soft shelled turtles? My number is 016-6929566. Can't go online to update myself frequently due to TM not yet getting my streamyx done. Thanks everyone for your help.

mine is done by premixing injectables baytril with distilled water...the concentration is 50mg/250ml of water

so i just mix 1 ml of baytril in 250ml basically...

i'm using it as a nasal flush....

it works on my star tortoise with RNS...i did not administer other drugs as well...the flush can be applied 2-3 times daily

Got some off my fren to try out - not all my torts accept them readily !! As only small amount tried and not often no notice-able results noticed !!

jst bought 4 young st

PICTURE!!!!

yeah2,picture

Harlow everybody~
forum like so slow..

took me quite sometimes to go thru V1 V2 and V3 -.-"

Phew~

Welcome !! Are you a TT owner to be or already one ??

busy taking pics of the st, over few hundred already.
ta daaa...testing dunno can upload onot.





bought these at chatuchak yesterday, 2 pairs from 2 different shop. saw some burmese there, quite a lot of shops selling st. they sell radiata n yniphora also but need to order. shiny st pair 1200 bht, non shiny st pair 900 bht. feeding them sang choy, then transfer them to the garden with the growing (choy sum). still fixing the fence separating the bigger pair. cheers