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Lots of tortoises breeders tell me give them (tortoises) food as much as they need/want. Lots of breeder live in apartments and give them indoor enclosure as I do. If they have enough food they won't have activity. Even outdoor garden enclosure should give food till full? I don't think people feed dog 'till very full.
@RedFire and I exchange text and this question struck me as a really good one, deserving a wider range of response than I would give.
This is split between two matters,1) might be excercise, and 2) might be the enrichment associated with food quests.
I see the occasional posts that have drilled down on these matters. but as single POV. Do we deny our tortoises some sort of self actualization by keeping them well fed?
I have my own ideas, they are not well articulated to respond yet. I think this is an interesting thing to ponder and there well may not be a good or best answer. But now RedFire has me thinking about this.
@bouaboua can you put this on the "Chinese TFO"?
@RedFire and I exchange text and this question struck me as a really good one, deserving a wider range of response than I would give.
This is split between two matters,1) might be excercise, and 2) might be the enrichment associated with food quests.
I see the occasional posts that have drilled down on these matters. but as single POV. Do we deny our tortoises some sort of self actualization by keeping them well fed?
I have my own ideas, they are not well articulated to respond yet. I think this is an interesting thing to ponder and there well may not be a good or best answer. But now RedFire has me thinking about this.
@bouaboua can you put this on the "Chinese TFO"?