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I would imagine it’s more the ratio of sugar to fiber. Watermelons are mostly water, and if we are talking about the actual fruit itself and not just the rind, it has extremely little fiber. Grass is 15 percent sugar, but from what I can find, it’s 35 to 50 percent fiber. This is why I say it’s...

As for fruit eating species like Redfooted tortoises being able to handle it, Redfoots have a longer small intestine comparatively to grass eating species, so there is much more time for the sugars to be digested and absorbed before reaching the microbes in the large intestine.

Easily digestible sugars from fruit, like glucose, fructose, and starch, are predominantly digested in the small intestine by endogenous enzymes and absorbed into the bloodstream. The Microbes in the large intestine are going to be breaking down cellulose and other fibers whose bonds cannot be...

And so it continues… If you look closely, you might see a carapace. I haven’t been home in a while, but my mom has been sending me updates. Button has started sharing their burrow with them, and the rabbits seem to follow him around. Every time she goes out there to bring him inside, they’re...

Oh to be reborn a tortoise and live in such a nice enclosure…

Are you able to gently flex his foot forward and backward? Does he react at all when you do? Is he still walking around a relatively normal amount, or is he noticeably inactive? Eating fine?

Recently, Curtis made a pile so large that my parents had to text me pictures because they were worried it was from a coyote or some kind of huge animal. I don't know how they fit all of it in there, much less get it out!

Yay, so happy everything turned out fine!

😳good to know!

Thanks! I definitely will just leave them then.

It seems that a rabbit and her babies have once again made a home in Button’s pen. One corner of the enclosure is particularly overgrown, and I was going to take a weed wacker to it, but it looks like they’re all hiding in it. Guess I’ll leave it :) This seems to happen every spring, or at...

Happy birthday! It’s great to hear she’s eating, wishing both of you the best :)

I agree! Kinda reminds me of bell pepper.

To be fair to the tortoises, I’ve tried aloe before offering it to my sulcata. Super bitter, kinda nasty (to me, anyway). Understandably, he didn’t eat it either.

If it’s sunny and above 55 or so, I usually take my Russian out until it’s down to 50 or below. If it’s above 60 and sunny, he definitely goes out. If the overnight low is 50 or higher and it’s not going to rain, I keep him out through the night. If it’s above 70ish, I usually just keep him out...