Supplements

Pussygalore · 13-04-2007, 08:29 AM

when my torts are out all day do they still need extra supplements, they have the garden which has plenty of weeds growing etc but do they still have to have extra food in order to give them there calcium/vitamins or will they get enough by themselves, I prefer to see them foraging for themselves but obviously I have to give them something in order to sprinkle their nutrobal/limstone flour on it, the babies are still getting used to finding their own food and if I give them something else won,t bother much they wait for me to put it down for them, Tootsie is fine she eats anything she finds, will they find enough themselves.

TeeCee · 13-04-2007, 08:36 AM

I have the same problem I have always given Cuttle fish bone and I like them to forage for themselves in the garden which has weeds and and plants that are tortoises friendly, I bought some limestone but in order to give it to them I have to put weeds in their shed for which means they eat before coming out to forage, I wounder if a limestone block would be better.

**sarah** · 13-04-2007, 08:50 AM

I have no weeds at the moment growing in my outdoor enclosures. So still go weed picking so easy for me to sprinkle limestone and nutrobal on their food. Maybe offer them some cuttlefish and a bowl of limestone power.

Pussygalore · 13-04-2007, 10:08 AM

thanks but I,m mainly asking do they need extra if they have plenty of natural plant variety .

**sarah** · 13-04-2007, 10:57 AM

Well some people say no. But I always leave a cuttlefish or sprinkel limestone on their food just to be safe.

Pussygalore · 13-04-2007, 11:12 AM

thanks thats what I was hoping to hear so in principle they really only need the extra when they are inside autumn/winter they always have cuttlefish and limestone flour down anyway but I really don,t want to pull up and feed I want them to get used to finding their food themselves, Tootsies fine she just wanders around nibbling this and that and spits out what she doesn,t like they will have the occasional treat such a strawberry in season they love one picked from the garden when they are all warm and juicy, yum so do I.

13-04-2007, 11:16 AM

I just sprinkle the limestone or nutrabol onto the plants in the enclosure, and then add a few dandies etc scattered around which has powder on.

KearasNana · 13-04-2007, 11:39 AM

Me to Josh and I have also made some of the limestone flour blocks that Darren suggested!

**sarah** · 13-04-2007, 11:41 AM

Some people even mix in limestone flour into their soil so as the weeds grow they take in the calcium.

KearasNana · 13-04-2007, 11:44 AM

I did that with my SW seeds, thanks to the reommendation on the website!

13-04-2007, 08:29 AM	#1
Pussygalore Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 6,479	Supplements when my torts are out all day do they still need extra supplements, they have the garden which has plenty of weeds growing etc but do they still have to have extra food in order to give them there calcium/vitamins or will they get enough by themselves, I prefer to see them foraging for themselves but obviously I have to give them something in order to sprinkle their nutrobal/limstone flour on it, the babies are still getting used to finding their own food and if I give them something else won,t bother much they wait for me to put it down for them, Tootsie is fine she eats anything she finds, will they find enough themselves.

13-04-2007, 08:50 AM	#3
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	I have no weeds at the moment growing in my outdoor enclosures. So still go weed picking so easy for me to sprinkle limestone and nutrobal on their food. Maybe offer them some cuttlefish and a bowl of limestone power. __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

13-04-2007, 10:57 AM	#5
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	Well some people say no. But I always leave a cuttlefish or sprinkel limestone on their food just to be safe. __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

13-04-2007, 11:39 AM	#8
KearasNana Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 1,795	Me to Josh and I have also made some of the limestone flour blocks that Darren suggested! __________________

13-04-2007, 11:41 AM	#9
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	Some people even mix in limestone flour into their soil so as the weeds grow they take in the calcium. __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

13-04-2007, 08:36 AM	#2
TeeCee Junior Member Egg Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 46	I have the same problem I have always given Cuttle fish bone and I like them to forage for themselves in the garden which has weeds and and plants that are tortoises friendly, I bought some limestone but in order to give it to them I have to put weeds in their shed for which means they eat before coming out to forage, I wounder if a limestone block would be better.

13-04-2007, 10:08 AM	#4
Pussygalore Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 6,479	thanks but I,m mainly asking do they need extra if they have plenty of natural plant variety .

13-04-2007, 11:12 AM	#6
Pussygalore Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 6,479	thanks thats what I was hoping to hear so in principle they really only need the extra when they are inside autumn/winter they always have cuttlefish and limestone flour down anyway but I really don,t want to pull up and feed I want them to get used to finding their food themselves, Tootsies fine she just wanders around nibbling this and that and spits out what she doesn,t like they will have the occasional treat such a strawberry in season they love one picked from the garden when they are all warm and juicy, yum so do I.

13-04-2007, 11:16 AM	#7
tortoise_dude Guest Posts: n/a	I just sprinkle the limestone or nutrabol onto the plants in the enclosure, and then add a few dandies etc scattered around which has powder on.

13-04-2007, 11:44 AM	#10
KearasNana Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 1,795	I did that with my SW seeds, thanks to the reommendation on the website! __________________

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