Cheeriodahling
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I’ve been told it will, but I’m now reading it will not. My two and a half year old Sulcata(25ish lbs) roams our property with chickens, but they need a round of Corid. She is a lover of all things animal poop ?♀️.
I've never fed that or chicken droppings to a sulcata to find out. No one should. Your tortoise needs its own space separate from the chickens.I’ve been told it will, but I’m now reading it will not. My two and a half year old Sulcata(25ish lbs) roams our property with chickens, but they need a round of Corid. She is a lover of all things animal poop ?♀️.
There was nothing backhanded about my reply. Your tortoise should not have access to dog poo or chicken poo because they will eat it and it can make them sick. I understand exactly what you meant about your animals having a large shared space, and I'm telling you they shouldn't. No other animals should have access to your tortoise or its pen, and your tortoise shouldn't have access to areas where chickens, dogs, or other animals are defecating. As I said previously, in plain English with no sarcasm, your tortoise needs its own space separate from the chickens and especially from dogs, which are in competition with dehydration for the number one killer of tortoises. I'm on a five acre ranch with a couple dozen chickens, pigeons, dogs, cats, parrots, emu, a donkey, and an assortment of other animals. Those animals don't go into the tortoise pens, and the tortoises don't go into theirs.I will go ahead and remove the plate of chicken droppings that I was feeding my tort. How stupid of me. The backhanded reply was unnecessary, and keeps people from ever asking questions in the first place.
To clarify, we have half an acre of shared space for our animals to roam. It has lush grass, plenty of shade, and our tort likes to go non-stop, I can have any number of tasty edibles in front of her, and if a dog does it’s business beside it she’s going to go for it. For now, we are supervising her and moving her as soon as we see her making a beeline for it. When she’s much larger that’s not going to be possible. I simply wanted to know if she does eat a chicken dropping before we can stop it, will the Corid hurt her? That’s all. She’s not housed with them in any way other than to get some exercise and eat grass and weeds. She seldom even tries to go for chicken droppings - mostly dog. If at all possible, I’d like for her to not be confined to a much smaller space all day long. If that’s not possible, she will stay inside of her area.