Kipley
Active Member
I see this person on FB posting this crap, and too many people believe her.
Any science to counter this misinformation?
"Regular soakings are actually detrimental. Warm baths speed up the digestive system, causing the tortoise to miss out on vital nutrients from their foods and dehydrating them by making them go to the toilet too often. If these hard urates are a one off don't panic, if they continue try some Cucumber to boost hydration, and rinse the food before giving it so there's water on it still
I look at the science of it, that speeding up their slow metabolism is impacting negativity."
"when you say hatchling I hope it's at least 3 months old as they shouldn't go before then, if not 6months. I personally would never soak a hatchling daily, for the same reasons. They have even less reserves to pull on and it's important not to speed up their metabolism or toileting"
All these new tortoise owners are listening to the woman like she is an expert. It worries me.
Any science to counter this misinformation?
"Regular soakings are actually detrimental. Warm baths speed up the digestive system, causing the tortoise to miss out on vital nutrients from their foods and dehydrating them by making them go to the toilet too often. If these hard urates are a one off don't panic, if they continue try some Cucumber to boost hydration, and rinse the food before giving it so there's water on it still
I look at the science of it, that speeding up their slow metabolism is impacting negativity."
"when you say hatchling I hope it's at least 3 months old as they shouldn't go before then, if not 6months. I personally would never soak a hatchling daily, for the same reasons. They have even less reserves to pull on and it's important not to speed up their metabolism or toileting"
All these new tortoise owners are listening to the woman like she is an expert. It worries me.
