Re: Tortoises With Other Animal Pets - Pig?

Posted by Terry on December 06, 1998 at 14:12:25:

In Reply to: Re: Tortoises With Other Animal Pets - Pig? posted by Marissa on December 06, 1998 at 13:27:51:

: Dave, I don't have an extreme amount of experience with the Potbellies, but they can be high strung. I see more problems with your torts being kind of stomped on or trod on rather than biting. BUT, these pigs do have sharp teeth so I don't know what to tell you is that if it were me I'd rather be safe than sorry..but I know your torts are already big so why don't you just keep an eye out? - Marissa

Dave, as tortoises will eat the feces of other animals, it might be worth checking to make sure the pig can't tranfer some nasty disease or parasite, which may not effect the pig, but might make the torts sick. I'm sure torts and wild boars live in the same habitat in the wild. But it might be worth checking it out.
Terry.

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: : : Dave, I don't have an extreme amount of experience with the Potbellies, but they can be high strung. I see more problems with your torts being kind of stomped on or trod on rather than biting. BUT, these pigs do have sharp teeth so I don't know what to tell you is that if it were me I'd rather be safe than sorry..but I know your torts are already big so why don't you just keep an eye out? - Marissa : Dave, as tortoises will eat the feces of other animals, it might be worth checking to make sure the pig can't tranfer some nasty disease or parasite, which may not effect the pig, but might make the torts sick. I'm sure torts and wild boars live in the same habitat in the wild. But it might be worth checking it out. : Terry.

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