Eating wood??

[Kalgodric]

Bodhi seems to be eating the side of his wood log....is this normal?
I seem to ask alot of questions like this lol

 

[Missy]

How old is he? I would remove the log and try it again later.

 

[dmmj]

It is not really normal, but they do tend to try and eat various objects around their enclosure. Is he actually taking bites out of it, or is he merely biting it and not ingesting anything?

 

[Kalgodric]

Hes less than a year old and the log is hid hide, the half log thing you get at the pet store. He has had it in his room from day 1, just day before yesterday he dug a hole next to it and started nibbling on the side of the log

 

[Tom]

What do you feed? Are you using a red bulb for heat?

 

[Urtle]

What do you feed? Are you using a red bulb for heat?

Are red bulbs for heat bad?

 

[dmmj]

Red bulbs are not bad per se, but sometimes a tortoise can see stuff as food if it has a red tint to it.

 

[Arizona Sulcata]

I find it interesting people are saying this isn't normal... Every clutch I've ever had tries eating the log. They don't succeed so I don't worry about it.