- Joined
- Apr 3, 2013
- Messages
- 10,871
Im truly sorry . I wouldn't try to anger anyone .He has examined many dozen, maybe hundreds of stones. They were all urate/urea concretions. But beyond his personal observation he looked at all published accounts. If the calcium overabundance were a thing, it's be out there in the published world.
This is what shows up with calcium
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=tortoise+calcium+stone
Here is a similar search for
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=tortoise+urinary+stone
Knock yourself out.
As for source ingested, smaller particles might always be more readily digested than big particles. Also keep in mind sometimes stone eating has been associated with a lack of dietary fiber or seedy items in the diet which facilitate bolus motility. If those things are calcium rich, well as long as it doesn't accumulate or block, it might not be so bad.
@Grandpa Turtle 144 thanks for letting me know, thank you much.