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kx125rider
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: vit a deficiency plzzzz reply |
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my turtle has vit a deficiency it also used to have ri but i have reason to beilieve tht he dosent now but i hear tht u can use vit a for ppl like the gel caps but how do you get iit in his mouth besides waiting for it to gasp i heard tht u pull its front leg but when i tryed he snapped at me wat do i do                     |
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MinisMommy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| um... a few questions... 1. How do you know your turtle has a vit def.? who told you this or what resorces did you use to gather this information. 2. What makes you believe the turtle no long has a RI? and 3. Who in the world told you to use gel caps made for humans on your turtle??? Turtles digestive track, immune systems, bodily functions... pretty much everything is very very different from Humans, and VERY much smaller. A typical dosage of something for humans will very very quickly kill your turtle. There is NO way you need to be feeding your turtle something you would take. There are vit in proper dosages for turtles that you can use but you will kill your turtle if you give it a dosage that is big enough for a human. |
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kx125rider
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| i woudnt give the whole gel cap jus pok a hole and use a few droplets and he no longer has ri becuase he doesent swim lopided and dosentbask as much he just has swoll eyes and yawns once in a while and started goiing in the water more as for the info on the gel cap i found it some where i on this site |
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MinisMommy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| hmm.. i have NEVER heard of the gelcap thing... I would be hesitant about it... not knowing what a safe dosage would be... but i have to wonder... if the turtle has a vit dif at all.. sounds like a cold... you can get a powder to put in the water that has calcuim and such in it for colds... and as for the eyes i would look into some eye drops. |
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kx125rider
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| i ot the drops wheres the link or wht does the powder look like or where to get it |
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MinisMommy
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kx125rider
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| thx you have been very helpful on all my posts |
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MinisMommy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| No problem... I hope your baby gets better. |
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