Chicken poop

[Margaret z]

I have a small sulcata tortoise when he gets bigger he will be going outside but I have a pond in the backyard that attracts Canadian geese ducks and I also have chickens pooping in the yard will bird poop harm my tortoise

 

[Yvonne G]

That's how tortoise become infested with parasites. Afterall, they have to eat the pooped on grass - not a very appetising prospect. In the wild, animals are not contained in a small area like they are in our backyard.

 

[JoesMum]

Have a secure area in the yard that the geese, predators etc can't get in. It will reduce the risk of your tort ingesting parasites as well as the risk of escape

 

[Bee62]

Hello, I know how geese and ducks poop ....and chicken too. Often and much .
It is like @Yvonne G said: Not very appetizing for a tort to eat this gras.
Another point is that chicken, geese, ducks and wild birds have many and several bacterias in their poop. These bacterias could make a tortoise sick.