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20-01-2014, 10:31 PM | #1 |
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Urgent help
I've just got home to find my student has fed my 2 red foot tortoises stuffing. What should I do? Please help I am so worried.
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20-01-2014, 10:47 PM | #2 |
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Sorry I cant really help but just thought was it eaten dry or soaked? only asking as stuffing absorbs so much water that I would think this could be the danger rather than what is in it.
Drinking too much may cause it to expand dangerously and not soaking enough may cause problems also, hope someone can help you soon! sorry for your dilema |
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It shouldn't be a huge problem and should just be digested. It may pass very quickly if it was cooked with any kind of grease or oil.
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Thank you, put my mind at rest a bit
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It was soaked and cooked. They have both pooped and are moving around, but I'm still worried.
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Thank you.
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21-01-2014, 09:38 AM | #8 |
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I was going to suggest this last night, but I really didn't know enough to be the first to comment. Apart from bread, it's mainly herbs isn't it?
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they will eat much worse things than stuffing in the wild most likely
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21-01-2014, 11:25 AM | #10 |
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perhaps you should feed your student tortoise food , a lovely big bowl of weeds and plants.
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