Some info: My Boris is 5 inches wide. Sonya is about 6 inches.
Recently (within the last week), Sonya has been incredibly active compared to normal. Her appetite has increased dramactically. She ate about 2/3 of a head of romaine lettuce (Boris got the rest of it). She then started tearing into another head of lettuce (not romaine. Endive, I think).
Her normal behavior is quite mute and slow. A head of romaine lettuce normally lasts both of them 2 days (I do feed them a variety of other lettuces most days of the week. Romaine is a treat every two weeks or after the other lettuces have been used). Lasted her one day. As hard as it is to believe, my torts regulate the amount they eat and are not pudgy by any means. Some days they eat a lot and will barely eat the next day. Some days they eat "regular" meals. I free feed. I give them a little in the morning and just keep adding food if they clear it. Been that way for the last year and a half that I've had them.
Also, the cuttlebone, for the first time since I've had them, is showing signs of use.
Any ideas what might be going on with Sonya? This is new behavior for her.
Thanks!
--Beth
Recently (within the last week), Sonya has been incredibly active compared to normal. Her appetite has increased dramactically. She ate about 2/3 of a head of romaine lettuce (Boris got the rest of it). She then started tearing into another head of lettuce (not romaine. Endive, I think).
Her normal behavior is quite mute and slow. A head of romaine lettuce normally lasts both of them 2 days (I do feed them a variety of other lettuces most days of the week. Romaine is a treat every two weeks or after the other lettuces have been used). Lasted her one day. As hard as it is to believe, my torts regulate the amount they eat and are not pudgy by any means. Some days they eat a lot and will barely eat the next day. Some days they eat "regular" meals. I free feed. I give them a little in the morning and just keep adding food if they clear it. Been that way for the last year and a half that I've had them.
Also, the cuttlebone, for the first time since I've had them, is showing signs of use.
Any ideas what might be going on with Sonya? This is new behavior for her.
Thanks!
--Beth