Mikeyand Melina
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I have found these two plants and was wondering if they are safe for Mikey. Trying to add some variety. 
Safe feed?
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Bambam1989
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The second is sedum. Totally safe.
The s cond is definitely Sedum spectibile... I still haven't forgiven Joe for eating mine to the ground
Mikeyand Melina
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Would that be a safe on the plant or the flower or both?
Bambam1989
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Both. Lots of water content so if they eat a lot you might see runny poo
Mikeyand Melina
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Well I think soaks are out of the question for Mikey so I will give him stuff like this so I don't have to soak him.
Why are soaks out of the question? What have I missed?
Mikeyand Melina
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It seems to me like he gets really bad diarrhea when I soak him and the more I try to clean him off the more comes out so I don't want to hurt him.
Soaks are essential to maintain hydration.
Your tort must be soaked.
You just need to ensure that your tort gets enough roughage (fiber) in his diet. His poop will be loose from time to time; it's not diarrhoea (an illness caused by bacteria or a virus). He will be fine.
He won't be fine if he gets dehydrated. Soaking is essential
Your tort must be soaked.
You just need to ensure that your tort gets enough roughage (fiber) in his diet. His poop will be loose from time to time; it's not diarrhoea (an illness caused by bacteria or a virus). He will be fine.
He won't be fine if he gets dehydrated. Soaking is essential
Bambam1989
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I agree with joesmum. It's common for them to poop during soaks. This also means less poop in the enclosure. What kind of tort are you feeding if I may ask?
Mikeyand Melina
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He is a Russian tortoise and my concern is he pooped outside yesterday and we came in and I soaked him, not even 2 minutes went by and his water was super green and had poop. So I took him to get cleaned off and gave him new water and as soon as I turned my back more poop. I did this another two times and both times more poop. I don't want to make him sick and I definitely don't want to freak him out so I just put him on an old clean t-shirt and hurried up to get his enclosure cleaned up to put him back. He immediately burrowed and hid for the rest of the evening.
The top one is a type of mallow. Totally safe, and a good tortoise food.
Mikeyand Melina
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Yay this makes me so happy.
I suspect the cause of the super green water was pee and not poop. It's quite common for the two to happen simultaneously... and the pee can be quite explosively released.
That poop in the photo was beautifully formed. In the soak water, even solid poop can break upbeasily.
Please, please do not stop soaking your tort. You will do far more more harm by denying your tort water.
That poop in the photo was beautifully formed. In the soak water, even solid poop can break upbeasily.
Please, please do not stop soaking your tort. You will do far more more harm by denying your tort water.
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Agreed with JoesMum, please continue to soak your baby Russian!! They need it!!
Mikeyand Melina
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Thank you ladies and I will continue to soak him. I wiki try doing it in the bathtub directly this time.
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Happy to read that!! *smile*
Correction to the ID above: it is Hylotelephium spectabile
While they were once called Sedum, they are not closely related, and were recognized in the 1970's by this name
While they were once called Sedum, they are not closely related, and were recognized in the 1970's by this name
Vety true. It's still edible though
