Cucumber

[Stellanne]

Originally Posted by markbigears

Jan, I've never seen mine "sprint" so much as when I gave him a small bit of cucumber!

Even when my torts have put themselves to bed they will come out of tort lodge if a slice of cucumber is put in the enclosure......x x x hugs x x x

[sandy]

Originally Posted by Stellanne

Even when my torts have put themselves to bed they will come out of tort lodge if a slice of cucumber is put in the enclosure......x x x hugs x x x

I never feed it to mine:0)

[Stellanne]

I don't feed cucumber regularly, just the ends, barely enough to whet the appetite of a dozen adults.... What is surprising is how torts seem to love it. X x x hugs x x

[emma_mcraf]

Torts definitely love cucumber and it's perfect for adding any medication to. I have only used it when worming and it's never let me down as they can't resist it.

[CherryBrandy]

Emma , do you use a powder for worming, if you can recall the name as I may get some? I must admit I don't routinely worm my tortoises but I know a lot of people do. CB

[sandy]

Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

Torts definitely love cucumber and it's perfect for adding any medication to. I have only used it when worming and it's never let me down as they can't resist it.

I rarely have to medicate, another reason why I dont feed cucumber.

[CherryBrandy]

Originally Posted by sandy

I rarely have to medicate, another reason why I dont feed cucumber.

Sandy do you worm at all? I never have so far so if not broken don't fix? CB

[emma_mcraf]

Originally Posted by CherryBrandy

Emma , do you use a powder for worming, if you can recall the name as I may get some? I must admit I don't routinely worm my tortoises but I know a lot of people do. CB

I use Panacur paste, CB. When Tamara came to me in the summer she had a really heavy workload.
I don't routinely worm any of my torts either.

[CherryBrandy]

Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

I use Panacur paste, CB. When Tamara came to me in the summer she had a really heavy workload.
I don't routinely worm any of my torts either.

oh Emma thanks, I think its because there is so much on.... I have panacur paste doh !! it says for rabbits on it. I think I will leave it alone for now then as you can usually see the worms, or there is a sign for testing. Not done it before so will wait til need to like you. CB

[Splinter]

For worm testing I highly recommend wormcount.com they are great value, very fast and very helpful should you have a question.

The type of Panacur you use I don't think matters, but do be very careful on dosage, the liquid versions are far easier to measure accurate than the paste.