Everyone,
This is definitely not the first time anyone has wrote about this subject but the subject has me thinking again. Tortoises eating their own poop. yessssss.... We know it happens, we know it's gross but I've had months where I haven't taken my guy out of his home and don't see ONE pile anywhere to be found. Of course he's eating it or he's holding it in.
Well, every time I do remove him from his enclosure it's a HUGE relief for him. It's just a huge bathroom party and I'm not talking about one pile.. I'm talking about copious amounts of stool, dung, fertilizer... whatever you wish to call it. Well I don't think he is going regularly at all. It isn't normal the amount that is coming out of him. It's like the only think on his mind when I remove him.
So the thought is that you can't just live your ENTIRE life eating food and eating your poop. It's impossible for any living thing to lead a healthy life with no output. Everything in life has toxins in it and there can't be a perfect food that would be 100% utilized by their digestive system. It just can't happen like that. I'm positive in the wild they don't snip a loaf, turn around, eat it and move merrily along their way. When I take him out of the enclosure he poops, walks, poops, over and over again. I just can't believe the amount. 5-6 massive sized ones.
Yes I know he's probably a little stressed but I don't that that would be the root all of him holding it in all day. He does walk around his enclosure during the day, waiting for food. But as soon as I remove him it's time for him to extrude. I know that everyone is convinced that eating fresh food and recycling 100% of their stool is ok, but I don't think so. I am now going to remove him every day or two to allow him to get rid of it.
Comments?
This is definitely not the first time anyone has wrote about this subject but the subject has me thinking again. Tortoises eating their own poop. yessssss.... We know it happens, we know it's gross but I've had months where I haven't taken my guy out of his home and don't see ONE pile anywhere to be found. Of course he's eating it or he's holding it in.
Well, every time I do remove him from his enclosure it's a HUGE relief for him. It's just a huge bathroom party and I'm not talking about one pile.. I'm talking about copious amounts of stool, dung, fertilizer... whatever you wish to call it. Well I don't think he is going regularly at all. It isn't normal the amount that is coming out of him. It's like the only think on his mind when I remove him.
So the thought is that you can't just live your ENTIRE life eating food and eating your poop. It's impossible for any living thing to lead a healthy life with no output. Everything in life has toxins in it and there can't be a perfect food that would be 100% utilized by their digestive system. It just can't happen like that. I'm positive in the wild they don't snip a loaf, turn around, eat it and move merrily along their way. When I take him out of the enclosure he poops, walks, poops, over and over again. I just can't believe the amount. 5-6 massive sized ones.
Yes I know he's probably a little stressed but I don't that that would be the root all of him holding it in all day. He does walk around his enclosure during the day, waiting for food. But as soon as I remove him it's time for him to extrude. I know that everyone is convinced that eating fresh food and recycling 100% of their stool is ok, but I don't think so. I am now going to remove him every day or two to allow him to get rid of it.
Comments?
