Q. I am planning on be trained in Customor Service at my local Humane Society, and they have an online service called :Pet Point". Has anyone heard of this? If you have, you would know that it asks for Shelter ID, User ID, and Password. Does every user at a particular shelter have a different user name?
A. Im not sure, you can call them and ask.
How to care the eggs of Indian star tortoise at our home for successful hatching?
Q. My tortoise(Dolly) had layed eggs and are needed to be cared by us because we are not having any sandy/soily area for her to make a nest......!!!!!! Plz suggest how we should keep those eggs at our home to give them full care and the temperature conditions needed...!!! Can you also suggest some websites which can inform about the matter. Is there any online counseling service for pet care where we could ask for the same?????? Plzzz reply soon.
A. Has your tortoise been with a male in the recent past? Female tortoises can store sperm for a period of time. If there has been no contact with a male within the last 6 - 9 months, these eggs will probably be infertile.
You will need an incubator for these eggs. If you cannot find one, a heated plant propagator will do. You will need a nesting substrate of peat and top soil. This should be as deep as possible.
The eggs should be laid in a fairly shallow nest (keep the eggs slightly apart, so they do not touch each other) and covered with the substrate to a depth of around 10 cms (3"). You will need to maintain a substrate temperature of between 29 - 31 deg C. Mist the substrate with preboiled water occasionally to prevent drying out, but don't over do it. The substrate should not become wet, just very slightly damp.
The eggs will usually hatch in 90 -120 days, but have been known to hatch in as little as 50 days and as long as 220+ days.
IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT YOU DO NOT ALTER THE ORIENTATION OF THE EGGS AT ANY TIME.
Checking the eggs for fertility and progress can be done by 'candling', but I do not recommend you try this if you have no experience and the above re orientation MUST be adhered to when 'candling'.
Any alteration of the egg orientation may well kill the developing foetus.
There is very little help on this subject, but you can take a look at the Tortoise Trust page here: http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/elegans.html
I wish you the very best of luck.
You will need an incubator for these eggs. If you cannot find one, a heated plant propagator will do. You will need a nesting substrate of peat and top soil. This should be as deep as possible.
The eggs should be laid in a fairly shallow nest (keep the eggs slightly apart, so they do not touch each other) and covered with the substrate to a depth of around 10 cms (3"). You will need to maintain a substrate temperature of between 29 - 31 deg C. Mist the substrate with preboiled water occasionally to prevent drying out, but don't over do it. The substrate should not become wet, just very slightly damp.
The eggs will usually hatch in 90 -120 days, but have been known to hatch in as little as 50 days and as long as 220+ days.
IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT YOU DO NOT ALTER THE ORIENTATION OF THE EGGS AT ANY TIME.
Checking the eggs for fertility and progress can be done by 'candling', but I do not recommend you try this if you have no experience and the above re orientation MUST be adhered to when 'candling'.
Any alteration of the egg orientation may well kill the developing foetus.
There is very little help on this subject, but you can take a look at the Tortoise Trust page here: http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/elegans.html
I wish you the very best of luck.
Why don't all states have Emergency Ambulance Service for Animals /Pets yet?
Q. How long will it take for all the states to have this Emergency service for Pets/ Animals?
Helpless Animals deserve the same help as people in medical emergency.
Helpless Animals deserve the same help as people in medical emergency.
A. I do not know the answer to your question. I really do think animals really do need this service myself. I do not understand why the President can not afford this issue.
Isn't it discrimination to allow only service pets in public shelters?
Q. Basically you have in both situations an animal and a person. Someone who has a pet and not a service animal still needs that pet, so why not allow it in the shelter?
A. You don't NEED a pet in a public shelter; however, a person who requires a service animal DOES need that animal. If you needed a service animal, then it would be allowed, so discrimination doesn't enter into it. It's a question of what the ANIMAL does, not a question of who the human IS, that makes the distinction.
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