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Old 20-01-2014, 11:31 PM   #1
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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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Old 20-01-2014, 11:47 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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Old 20-01-2014, 11:49 PM   #3
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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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It was soaked and cooked. They have both pooped and are moving around, but I'm still worried.
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It was soaked and cooked. They have both pooped and are moving around, but I'm still worried.
Probably not much different to eating pellets then!
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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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Probably not much different to eating pellets then!
Thank you.
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Probably not much different to eating pellets then!
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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Old 21-01-2014, 12:25 PM   #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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