Fall has arrived, people! You know what this means, right? Winter is coming! Yes…But also: here is this months (long overdue) update from August! I feel like the days are running at 2x speed lately. We have made 0 progress in the “new house project”. We’re just…living. I’ve struggled to remember any major events that happened … Read more
Two main reasons those gas pockets appear in turtles are plastics and boat strikes. When a turtle consumes something it can’t digest—like parts of fishing nets, plastic bottles, or even rubber gloves (yes, there was a sea turtle found with a rubber glove in its intestines)—it sometimes gets stuck somewhere along its gastrointestinal tract. This, … Read more
Hair is resistant to digestion and isn’t easily moved through the digestive system. As such, it often gets lodged in folds of the gastric lining, denatures, and then traps food and gunk to form a mass. Over time, it will continue to collect material, growing into a thick, matted wad. Of all the bezoars, trichobezoars … Read more
