Old breaks?

[chocotrawt]

Hi, I'm new to this site and had a question about my iggy Mr. Tuesday. A little about him. I got my little Tue-monster from a pet store a few years ago in pretty poor shape. He was very skinny, had two small burns on his chest, and the first few times he used the bathroom it became apparent that he had worms and had been eating the wood chips out of his cage in the pet store. Mr. Tuesday is in proper health now, I don't know how old he is but he is about three feet long. He loves to take baths, climb the curtains, and lay on the back of the sofa, especially if the blinds are open and the sun is shining in. He strikes a pretty arrogant looking pose while doing this. Mr. Tuesday is also a voracious eater. He is especially fond of of all things leafy and green, with the exception of mustard greens. For some reason he always turns his nose up at them. Too spicy, perhaps? I think they taste a bit spicy, but that's just me. He also seems to enjoy mango, figs, and squashes the most out of anything I offer. The one thing about him that still bothers me though is the state of his toes. They were pretty busted up when I got him. One of his fingers, and about half of his toes were, and though now healed, still are broken. They were old breaks, there wasn't much that could be done in the way of setting them, and none of his toes were very swollen or black, so I didn't give it too much thought. He takes a calcium supplement with his food and while I'm happy to say that he hasn't sustained any new breaks, they still bug me. He's still a very pretty boy, but they're a bit unsightly. I don't believe they cause him pain, because gets around and climbs just fine, and he lets me touch them and trim his nails without complaint. Please tell me your thoughts on this? I'm just worried if this will cause any problems for him later in life?

[Jen]

I wouldnt worry about it unless the old injuries start to cause discomfort. I suppose as he gets into his senior years it may become painful as would with an elderly human.

[prism_wolf]

Welcome to the IZ!!! Very glad to have you here. I wouldn't worry about the breaks either. My guy has had his broken, twisted and laying over each other for almost 9 yrs now from his bout of MBD in my care. I only THOUGHT I knew how to care for him. He's turned 11 last May and does fine. I keep the nails trimmed short on the toes that overlap, but he shows no signs of discomfort with the state of his poor digits on any given day. There maybe a day when one or two need amputating, but they've not come to that yet.