1. I am posting this in Debatables so no one thinks it is care recommendations, and so I can brainstorm and discuss things with you guys.
2. I'm researching a phenomena called 'Improper Diet Cascade' in birds, but it touches on things we see in tortoises so closely it is almost spooky. The problem is that it is one of those big, multi-system issues that are hard to research even in animals with shorter generations and life-spans.
In this part of my research puzzle, I am looking at something called 'nutritional wisdom'- the ability of an animal to make intelligent food selections. The article said that birds generally exhibit poor nutritional wisdom, gorging on foods that are unhealthy to the point of making themselves ill.
Birds theoretically are advanced reptiles, so it is not surprising that tortoises also believed to exhibit poor nutritional wisdom- eating feces or substrate is a possible example of that.
So, the question is- when we see reports of tortoises gorging on carcasses or fruit falls or whatever, is it a good thing for them or poor nutritional wisdom? Do we take events like this into diet planning?
2. I'm researching a phenomena called 'Improper Diet Cascade' in birds, but it touches on things we see in tortoises so closely it is almost spooky. The problem is that it is one of those big, multi-system issues that are hard to research even in animals with shorter generations and life-spans.
In this part of my research puzzle, I am looking at something called 'nutritional wisdom'- the ability of an animal to make intelligent food selections. The article said that birds generally exhibit poor nutritional wisdom, gorging on foods that are unhealthy to the point of making themselves ill.
Birds theoretically are advanced reptiles, so it is not surprising that tortoises also believed to exhibit poor nutritional wisdom- eating feces or substrate is a possible example of that.
So, the question is- when we see reports of tortoises gorging on carcasses or fruit falls or whatever, is it a good thing for them or poor nutritional wisdom? Do we take events like this into diet planning?