You can however post a picture from your phone. It's ok with me. I like the privacy that TFO has built into it. Here I don't worry as much about posting.
What can I do to encourage eating?
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Kevboosh
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I figured out why the gifs I tried to post of my twitch tortoise persona didnt work. I got a bunch more facial expressions but dont want to go nuts posting art. Also a bonus drawing I did of him. These are old and I've since added a bunch of stickers and stuff to his shell lol. Sorry if this isnt the kind of stuff that belongs on this forum.
No. I checked that out. Just to see. I even wrote down the specifics and they were the same. Even if it's a longer video. If it comes from my phone camera it won't post even if it's a short one. But if it comes from one of my WiFi cameras it will. If it's a long one I may have to post it at a lower resolution but that's about it. I haven't tried utube yet which I know will work but I'ma not gonna bother with all that yet.
OH - do you have an iphone? I know they use HEIC for photos and some systems won't recognize it... could be related...
I am officially out of ideas then!
ok I've been trying all night to introduce you to my my little Russian. Meet Sapphire 🤗 somehow Google has made everything a bit different and difficult but I managed to find one.🐢
He is lovely…
Thanks from Sapphire 😊
You shouldn't worry about pics and videos here. We love it. There's a saying here. If you don't have a picture it didn't happen 😭😉😘
Is this a gif
Kevboosh
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No, thats a png but I still love it.
Kevboosh
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Update: Romaine lettuce did the trick. I had just assumed it was one of the things included in the spring greens mix but I guess not. Can't believe he refused all the stuff I've been trying to spoil him with
Just be very careful about that 🙏 and mix tiny bits of the stuff you really want to feed with it. I'm only saying that because they get fixated on romaine so easy it's not funny. They love it. But congratulations on getting the brat on a food strike to start eating though.😜 If the gut isn't moving along that's probably worse. 😁
Kevboosh
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Absolutely. I'm guessing it will take a while but I doubt it will be that hard. I trained my macaw to stop screaming and to only talk instead. Compared to that, this should be a cake walk
I love that it worked 🤣😁🐢 there's more than one way to entice them to be semi obedient.🤗Absolutely. I'm guessing it will take a while but I doubt it will be that hard. I trained my macaw to stop screaming and to only talk instead. Compared to that, this should be a cake walk
Kevboosh
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Another update, he'll eat whatever I give him if I just mix a small bit of romaine in with it
There is nothing wrong with using romaine as a delivery vehicle to put lots of other good stuff into your tortoise. I just wanted you to know that in case someone somewhere else, like FB for example, tries to shout you down for feeding lettuce to your tortoise.Another update, he'll eat whatever I give him if I just mix a small bit of romaine in with it
Kevboosh
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Thanks. How long before I should worry about him not pooping? He went three weeks without eating. He ate for a week and yesterday and today have been his first starve days. Well, semi starve days actually. Yesterday I gave him about a tablespoon of romaine smeared with mazuri and today about the same amount but with spring mix instead of mazuri. I went a little longer before limiting his food because of the three weeks without eating and because the first couple days of eating, he didnt eat that much. He "peed" yesterday. Been a few days without a soak so I'll be giving him a good one tomorrow morning.
