Help! my tort ate a small shell

[JennGold]

My 1yo red foot was out exploring yesterday and decided to eat a small shell. Is this ok? Will it break down?

 

[Yvonne G]

USUALLY, if it was small enough to go in, it's small enough to come out. Just keep the tortoise well hydrated and it should be ok.

 

[Gillian M]

A very warm welcome to the forum, and hope your cute little tort will be fine after having swallowed a shell.

Good luck.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

They'll eat calcium when they want calcium.
make sure you always have a cuddlebone close by.

 

[kirsty Johnston]

My tort eat a screw once in the back garden. Yes - a Screw!
I started sprinting to to get it before he swallowed but I was too late. Needless to say I panicked and payed a fortune to get to a vet to X-ray him and look him over and they didn't do anything! It just passed natrually 2 weeks later he was only 2 years at the time so I'm pretty confident your little one would be ok!

 

[kirsty Johnston]

Sorry forgot to mention (as I go on about myself ) that the vet did advise me to bath beastie twice a day so it may be worth trying that as well

 

[JennGold]

They'll eat calcium when they want calcium.
make sure you always have a cuddlebone close by.

Thank you! I did immediately get out the cuttlebone that she's never had any interest in and she went to town.

 

[JennGold]

Sorry forgot to mention (as I go on about myself ) that the vet did advise me to bath beastie twice a day so it may be worth trying that as well

Thanks! I will up her soakings.

 

[JennGold]

A very warm welcome to the forum, and hope your cute little tort will be fine after having swallowed a shell.

Good luck.

Thank You!

 

[JennGold]

USUALLY, if it was small enough to go in, it's small enough to come out. Just keep the tortoise well hydrated and it should be ok.

That was my initial thought.... we'll see.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Funny about cuddlebones. No interest for months and then...Boom. Gone.