Pine nuts

xBapes

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Does anyone feed pine nuts as part of their boxies diet? I'm thinking they would find it in the wild.

Honestly I would skip any kinds of nuts. Stick to leafy greens, veggies, fruits and protein. I’m not even sure if a turtle could digest a nut. Also, pine is known to be toxic to turtles and tortoises so I’d definitely stay a way from anything pine related.
 

dmmj

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In the wild nuts are meant 2 B eaten and then passed undigested. Turtles and tortoises R not designed to crack open the nuts & eat the meat inside
 

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Pine nuts are very high in fat, and supposedly turtles are not good at digesting fat.
That said, like dmmj said, it is unlikely that a chelonian could masticate a nut into fine enough pieces to digest much.
 
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