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Old 02-17-13, 03:24 PM   #1
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Re: possiblity of ingesting stones!

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It happens fairly frequently with reptiles and is called lithophagy. Its generally considered a habit to help aid in digestion. Its more common in turtles, but lizards do it as well.
I actually wondered about this myself but was too scared to ask incase it sounded rather ridiculous. When I was alot younger I was really interested in dinosaurs and vaguely remember reading that they often done this in aide of digestion.

Would probably explain the massive crap he done not too long after haha!

Hes still alive and kicking so no harm was done
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Old 02-17-13, 04:44 PM   #2
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I actually wondered about this myself but was too scared to ask incase it sounded rather ridiculous. When I was alot younger I was really interested in dinosaurs and vaguely remember reading that they often done this in aide of digestion.

Would probably explain the massive crap he done not too long after haha!

Hes still alive and kicking so no harm was done
More than just dinosaurs do it. Lots of contemporary animals do, reptiles included.
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