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Well, chalk is technically the remains of very old sea creatures... I was mainly talking about the stuff that can be mined out of the ground. that's partly why I was curious- Both are made of the same material (CaCO3), However Chalk is made of a form called calcite, and cuttlebone is formed as...

I was scrolling through the forum when I saw a few people mention something about giving or letting tortoises chew on chalk or high-calcium limestone for supplementation. Rock Chalk (not sidewalk chalk or climbing chalk, which sometimes has lead), as far as I am aware, is almost completely...

Thank you for the reply. I was aware they weren’t a great option, I didn’t know they were that bad (not using this as an excuse!) I don’t know if this is relevant- her body surface temperature usually reads higher than 75, as I have a flat stone that holds some heat which she rests on. Quick...

So the last few weeks we have had consistent rain, and the greenhouse which our sulcata stays in during the winter had started to flood a bit (the ground is dirt). Along with some freezing temperatures, we had to take her inside to the laundry room- it's pretty much empty in there- nothing she...

I took these pictures of the yellow hay in the sun. It appears more yellow in indoor lighting, but all of the pictures made it look gray. Some parts still have some green in them. Here is the old hay. It has a few yellow and brown pieces, probably from when I bought it, but overall it is very...

A few weeks ago, we got several very heavy rainstorms. I have a bag of coastal bermudagrass hay under the porch, but one of these days I forgot to take it off the ground, the porch flooded, and the hay may have gotten wet on the bottom. Today I just purchased a new bag of hay, but I noticed that...

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look for one while I get some hay.

I'll soak daily for a while and feed some cucumber

I've been looking for a better soaking tub, as mine is somewhat shallow and she can nearly get out. I'm going to see if I can distract her with food, which usually works

Thanks for the reassurance. I don't have any charcoal with me , but I could get some tomorrow

Today I fed her frisee, belgian endive, dandelion greens, and red lettuce (for some extra water). She grazes on grass and weeds as well. It's possible she may have eaten a small amount of spurge or mint, as I am constantly battling it in the enclosure, but that's the only poisonous plant that...

I'm not so sure about the mass, since the scale is older and seems to be inaccurate, but I am almost certain that it was less than 100g

I used a small amount of fill dirt to help stabilize the area around the Tortoise's burrow a few months back. It was so hot that all of the garden plants were dead at this point and didn't think much harm could be done, considering it was a very small amount of dirt in a large enclosure...

I think I'll go ahead and use it, and if it goes wrong, it's only one or two plants that are affected

Do your leaves have access to any potential pesticide? I suppose this is something that is hard to control, given their wide root systems

So overall, I assume this is not something to worry too much about?

Am I overthinking stuff again?

I don't know much about infections, but their throats move when they breathe even when they're healthy, don't they?

Anyone know about this?

The compost is mainly: oak leaves ( the leaves are from trees mostly in our yard, however I cannot say that they have no access to pesticides, as oaks have wide root systems and our yard is somewhat narrow, and of course other leaves blow into the yard, if pesticides are even an issue in these...