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Hi tortoise forum members.
My Egyptian tortoise is fine and eating well. But lately since summer, it started to behave unusually when it comes to placing him on the floor. He starts to pin the floor as if he's eating it. And if there's something lying a piece of hair or stone he will eat and swallow it. Before I managed to get a small piece of a stone which is used to absorb cats or dogs pee out of his mouth before he swallowed it. This time, my brother was playing with it and within moments, it approached the floor and ate a small stone of charcoal and swallowed it The stone is small enough to be picked up by his peak. He is almost 2 years old and he's small in size.
Can someone please tell me will this cause him any health problems? And why does he keep doing on this?
Also I cant get him to lay in the sun. He keeps running away and he does this behavior more commonly when placed on the floor in the sun!
I live in Egypt. Please help me know why is he doing this. Thank you.
My Egyptian tortoise is fine and eating well. But lately since summer, it started to behave unusually when it comes to placing him on the floor. He starts to pin the floor as if he's eating it. And if there's something lying a piece of hair or stone he will eat and swallow it. Before I managed to get a small piece of a stone which is used to absorb cats or dogs pee out of his mouth before he swallowed it. This time, my brother was playing with it and within moments, it approached the floor and ate a small stone of charcoal and swallowed it The stone is small enough to be picked up by his peak. He is almost 2 years old and he's small in size.
Can someone please tell me will this cause him any health problems? And why does he keep doing on this?
Also I cant get him to lay in the sun. He keeps running away and he does this behavior more commonly when placed on the floor in the sun!
I live in Egypt. Please help me know why is he doing this. Thank you.