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by Angela
03 Aug 2024, 07:35
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Eating stones
Replies: 8
Views: 53394

Re: Eating stones

Wow Nina - thank you so much. So much great information there - and those pics are incredible. I thought my tortoise had Houdini aspirations but yours are quite the escapologists. :lol: I have indeed got the 18" log roll and I've picked up some Carex, Sedge and Festuca grasses based on what was...
by Angela
02 Aug 2024, 07:18
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Eating stones
Replies: 8
Views: 53394

Re: Eating stones

Thank you so much for this. I'm making the (revised!) enclosure as large as possible this weekend and will do as you suggest re: sightlines. You're right, if she can see the perimeter, she gets bored. We're using logroll for the edging (so she can't see out) and will aim to make it as interesting as...
by Angela
31 Jul 2024, 16:32
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Eating stones
Replies: 8
Views: 53394

Eating stones

Hello, my 2.5 year old Russian Horsefield started going off food and being lethargic a few weeks ago, and after a visit to the vets, we discovered she's been eating stones and was quite impacted. Relieved to say that we seem to be getting them out of the system naturally, with a lot of care and guid...