Is brocolli ok fr baby star

Lucy272 · 13-04-2011, 07:54 PM

Just wondering whether i can feed taj my baby indian star brocolli?

boothy · 13-04-2011, 08:07 PM

Hi lucy

I believe that brocolli can inhibit the absorption of calcium. Have you done a brocolli search on the site? I'm sure that you will find the info you need.

stephen

suttysue · 14-04-2011, 10:02 AM

I feed my horsefields broccoli as a treat just now & again & they love.
IMO
Sue

Beverley · 14-04-2011, 04:51 PM

I keep Stars and I never feed them broccoli.
I feed garden weeds and grasses, no fruit or veg apart from once in a while a little grated carrot, but thats an occasional treat.

Torterra · 15-04-2011, 04:45 PM

I never fed broccoli, I heard it is not a healthy food for them. I would imagine they will love it, like child would love sweets. I feed only weeds and grasses as Beverley and also I added some ZooMed Grassland tortoise complete food, for more fibre from 10 months onwards, to my older star. It smells delicious of hay/ meadow grasses, very natural. She did not like it to start with but now she enjoying her daily 3 pellets. Good for digestion I think. They love so much garden weeds, like speedwell/ vetch/ plaintain/ broad grasses. Once you found a spot in the park you wil have a supply all the time.

knottyedge · 16-04-2011, 08:55 AM

I wouldn't give broccoli to Ur star,mine lives on grass and weeds and the occasional piece of carrot peel

X DANIELLE X · 16-04-2011, 09:16 AM

Hi
I also would not feed it to my stars I believe they will find it hard to digest and it's not natural for them.

littlestar · 17-04-2011, 10:06 AM

would not have thought so, not the florrettes anyway, dont know about the leaves. there are care sheets about advising what the feed, but the time of the year its weeds weeeds & weeds. as for a treat once a week i give mine EITHER de- seeded de-skinned tomatoe just a little bit mixed in with their weeds or grated carrot or grape or orange but only a tiny amount and again all de-seeded & de-skinned.

EJ · 17-04-2011, 11:59 AM

Brocolli can be fed very occasionally.

Stars are one of the few tortoises that totally thrive on a manufactured diet... T-Rex, Pretty Pets, Monster Diet, Komodo... I really stress this with Stars having about 15 years experience of trying to acclimate WC imports which are notorious for failing... which... most of them do. The diets I recommend highly increase the chances of survival with these tortoises if WC.

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Originally Posted by Lucy272

Just wondering whether i can feed taj my baby indian star brocolli?

13-04-2011, 07:54 PM	#1
Lucy272 Member Egg Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Essex Posts: 60	Is brocolli ok fr baby star Just wondering whether i can feed taj my baby indian star brocolli?

14-04-2011, 04:51 PM	#4
Beverley Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3,493	I keep Stars and I never feed them broccoli. I feed garden weeds and grasses, no fruit or veg apart from once in a while a little grated carrot, but thats an occasional treat. __________________

15-04-2011, 04:45 PM	#5
Torterra Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: England, SE Posts: 1,396	I never fed broccoli, I heard it is not a healthy food for them. I would imagine they will love it, like child would love sweets. I feed only weeds and grasses as Beverley and also I added some ZooMed Grassland tortoise complete food, for more fibre from 10 months onwards, to my older star. It smells delicious of hay/ meadow grasses, very natural. She did not like it to start with but now she enjoying her daily 3 pellets. Good for digestion I think. They love so much garden weeds, like speedwell/ vetch/ plaintain/ broad grasses. Once you found a spot in the park you wil have a supply all the time. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.2.0 Geoshelone elegans (Indian Star) 1.2.1 Kinosternon Bauri (Three Striped mud turtles) 0.0.2 Sternotherus Carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle) http://kinosternon-baurii.blogspot.co.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

16-04-2011, 08:55 AM	#6
knottyedge Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: the Cotswolds,gloucestershire Posts: 619	I wouldn't give broccoli to Ur star,mine lives on grass and weeds and the occasional piece of carrot peel __________________ X2 Greyhounds- Barnabas and Rufus x6 Spur Thighed Ibera's-Clover,Willow,Figwort, Radish,Pennywort and Bramble X1Tropical fish setup

16-04-2011, 09:16 AM	#7
X DANIELLE X Member Incubating Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Essex Posts: 128	Hi I also would not feed it to my stars I believe they will find it hard to digest and it's not natural for them. __________________ Two Burmese brown tortoises 💚🍓🐢

13-04-2011, 08:07 PM	#2
boothy Member Egg Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 57	Hi lucy I believe that brocolli can inhibit the absorption of calcium. Have you done a brocolli search on the site? I'm sure that you will find the info you need. stephen

14-04-2011, 10:02 AM	#3
suttysue Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK / Eng / Yorkshire Posts: 1,483	I feed my horsefields broccoli as a treat just now & again & they love. IMO Sue

17-04-2011, 10:06 AM	#8
littlestar Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 279	would not have thought so, not the florrettes anyway, dont know about the leaves. there are care sheets about advising what the feed, but the time of the year its weeds weeeds & weeds. as for a treat once a week i give mine EITHER de- seeded de-skinned tomatoe just a little bit mixed in with their weeds or grated carrot or grape or orange but only a tiny amount and again all de-seeded & de-skinned.

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