The_Four_Toed_Edward
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I am concerned about Edward eating non-edible things... On 13th of May I started taking Edward out a few hours per day to soak up some sun. That same week I noticed that he had started to eat substrate, specifically when outdoors. As per @Tom 's advice I stopped giving him additional calcium, in case that was the problem. A few days later he stopped eating substrate and his poop has been clear ever since. Here is the original thread: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/tortoise-started-to-eat-substrate.214948/
But, on 24.5. our Apple trees started blooming and the petals would fall into his enclosure. He loved eating those white petals. The problem is, soon after that I noticed that he would try to eat everything white that he could find, bird poop, his ow urates, rocks... At first I thought, maybe this is just because he is still on the look for the flower petals?
But, the day before yesterday, after just digging a white rock out of his mouth, I decided to give a try to getting a cuttlebone. Maybe he isn't getting enough calcium now that I stopped supplementing? He can't overdose on cuttlebone, right? Well, as of today, the cuttlebone has been absolutely devoured. I would say about half of it has been eating, leiving it thin and a bit smaller than before. My question is, is his change of behavior explained by too much or little calcium?
Here is a pic of the cuttlebone straight out of the store, before removing the metal and giving it to Edward. And after, the cuttlebone today.
But, on 24.5. our Apple trees started blooming and the petals would fall into his enclosure. He loved eating those white petals. The problem is, soon after that I noticed that he would try to eat everything white that he could find, bird poop, his ow urates, rocks... At first I thought, maybe this is just because he is still on the look for the flower petals?
But, the day before yesterday, after just digging a white rock out of his mouth, I decided to give a try to getting a cuttlebone. Maybe he isn't getting enough calcium now that I stopped supplementing? He can't overdose on cuttlebone, right? Well, as of today, the cuttlebone has been absolutely devoured. I would say about half of it has been eating, leiving it thin and a bit smaller than before. My question is, is his change of behavior explained by too much or little calcium?
Here is a pic of the cuttlebone straight out of the store, before removing the metal and giving it to Edward. And after, the cuttlebone today.