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Feeding turtles and tortoises right means mimicking their natural diet; the wrong foods, even common ones, can be harmful. Here are 32 foods to avoid.
Adult sea turtles are harpooned or speared and used for meat, fat and the shell. "Tortoise shell" is usually a product of a sea turtle shell. This is used in decorative items. The oil processed from the fat is sold as turtle oil, and is used in beauty products. Fresh water turtles are also exploited for food in the form of soup and live animals.
Opportunities for gopher tortoises to drink water vary greatly between the species in the genus. Gopherus agassizii live in extremely arid areas that can receive as little as 10–20 cm. per year. Gopherus polyphemus live in mesic habitat, where water is availability and evaporative loss is less problematic. Other species live in intermediate ...
Much of the tortoise's water intake comes from moisture in the grasses and wildflowers they consume in the spring. A large urinary bladder can store over 40% of the tortoise's body weight in water, urea, uric acid, and nitrogenous wastes. During very dry times, they may give off waste as a white paste rather than a watery urine. During periods ...
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Pet owner and animal advocate Chas regularly posts educational videos about tortoise care with the help of her buddy, Fig, but one of the duo's recent TikToks has reptile owners heading to the pet ...
The Texas tortoise, unlike other species of gopher tortoise, is not an adept burrower. Its preferred habitat is dry scrub and grasslands. Succulent plants, a preferred food of the Texas tortoise, are common in these areas. It especially likes the fruit of cacti such as the prickly pear.
Young Russian tortoises should be soaked 1-2x/weekly in lukewarm water no deeper than their elbows to keep hydrated. Tortoises typically empty their bowels in water to hide their scent; this is an instinct, and it also helps keep their enclosure cleaner. [16] Russian tortoises can live up to 50 years, and require annual hibernation. [citation ...