Radiated tortoise outdoor enclosure

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Yellow Turtle

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I really admire the enclosure but I'm not very keen on watching the radiata sticked his head on the pachypodium tree. Maybe I'm just too worried, but the pricks can get into the torts' eyes. I know the trees origin from madagascar, but I think all parts of the tree are not edible by torts and do they really exist specially in the radiata habitat?
 

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Yellow Turtle said:
I really admire the enclosure but I'm not very keen on watching the radiata sticked his head on the pachypodium tree. Maybe I'm just too worried, but the pricks can get into the torts' eyes. I know the trees origin from madagascar, but I think all parts of the tree are not edible by torts and do they really exist specially in the radiata habitat?

I was thinking the same thing
 

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I like it. My only problem is the Sand :( They could probably get a better substrate then sand :-/ Perhaps soil :)
 

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Seems that radiata and Pyxis are able to eat from this plant without getting hurt. They do this with great caution. In the habitat of both species is the substrate only sand and rocks


The plant the radiata is eating is Allaudia.
Pachypodium seems to be toxic
 
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