Recent content by kmac

Thanks for asking about Herman, Ally! He went to the vet and it's not shell rot (yay!!)The vet (so nice and informative by the way, if anyone needs an exotic pet vet and they happen to live in the bay area (california) let me know!) says that Herman is having a little trouble shedding his...

:) wow, everyone so much great advice since i have been away (finishing a 50 page paper, oh the joys of grad school). now that that is out of the way, i am going to get a soft toothbrush and a dry habitat for him to walk around in after he had had a treatment. i was wondering what you have found...

:) Thanks, his name is Herman and I am so attached to him (my friends think I have gone insane). That's one of the things that was so confusing to me. It seems like everyday the spots look worse, the next day they look better and so on and so on. I did see some large "tubs" for lack of a...

Wow, Ally, thank you so much for the great advice! To answer your questions--he has one main basking pad but he tends to perch himself atop one of the plastic trees and bask there (does it count as basking if he is still in the water? he's for sure soaking up the heat lamp). There is a very...

:) thanks. ("no. seriously. there's a tiger in the bathroom").

I never thought having a turtle would make me laugh so much. Here are a few of my personal favorites. Thanks for letting me share! ~k

I'm very happy to be here. I was browsing the internet, looking for help with my turtle (see my album "Worried") and I found you guys. Looking forward to chatting with you. ~K

I'm still new to the forum, so I am not sure how this works but I am posting the pictures that concern me. I am trying to figure out if Herman is just shedding or there is shell rot. About a month ago I was worried about a small, white dot on his shell so I took him to the East Bay Vivarium. They sa

A few pictures of Herman.