pellet foods - Page 24

ziggy's owner · 04-10-2011, 10:53 PM

Just been told pellets are bad and I shouldn't fed them at all,

EJ · 04-10-2011, 11:01 PM

Probably by ignorant people.

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Originally Posted by ziggy's owner

Just been told pellets are bad and I shouldn't fed them at all,

ziggy's owner · 04-10-2011, 11:05 PM

I'm waiting for her to pm me why she disagrees

Watermelon · 05-10-2011, 12:36 AM

Yeah just read on your fb Laura! Let us know what she says. Your tort pics on there are gorgeous btw.... espec the little leopards

**Alan1** · 05-10-2011, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ziggy's owner

I'm waiting for her to pm me why she disagrees

Keep us updated. Is she a scientist?

ziggy's owner · 05-10-2011, 07:40 AM

Will do al, and thanks Soph

Pussygalore · 05-10-2011, 08:23 AM

there's nothing wrong with those who choose not to use them or those that do, I'm giving my sully and the hatchlings pellets (nutrazu and Exotic leaf eater) but as the hatchlings will be sold don't really know for certain what their growth will be like. At the moment they are all lovely and smooth and growing well, Bolder my sully also has grassland pellets mixed in with his and I posted a photo of him a while back and had some very nice comments about how smooth he is, he's now a year, but again I don't know when you'd expect to see problems if any. I do provide a humid area and beleive I have everything else right also that pellets alone aren't the cause of pyramidding, the torts also have a good selection of home grown weeds/plants everyday which are always eaten so they aren't fussy, anyway I think they work for me and always tell my buyers what the babies have been having and its their choice how they carry on.

tuftybunny · 30-11-2011, 02:08 PM

going back to the original question but with a twist.
What about Chinchilla pellets - low in protein but high in fibre??? Only asking as I have a pet chin, and am wondering if the torts would like a pellet or 2 as a treat once a week or so???

**16 shells** · 01-12-2011, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tuftybunny

going back to the original question but with a twist.
What about Chinchilla pellets - low in protein but high in fibre??? Only asking as I have a pet chin, and am wondering if the torts would like a pellet or 2 as a treat once a week or so???

Don't know about Chinchilla food but had a look what's in em, similar to Bunny food, with some fruit's, there are different makes and can't see why a few moderated would be of any harm. Main make up of the pellet look's to be grass. Although i would stick with a Tortoise pellet.

Alistair&Robyn · 06-12-2011, 09:36 AM

I never fed pellets to my torts, and then I got a much older male red foot who was fed pretty much predominantly on pellets, cabbage and banana, and he looks fantastic!

He doesnt get cabbage or 'nana anymore, but I've brought pellets in to all their diets.

All I can say so far is that their poo smells much more!

04-10-2011, 10:53 PM	#231
ziggy's owner Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: west midlands Posts: 4,152	Just been told pellets are bad and I shouldn't fed them at all, __________________ 2.0.0 spur thighs 2.3.0 hermanns 2.1.1 marginated 0.0.4 leopard 2.8.0 guinea pigs 1.2.0 Springers 1.0.0 hamster 0.0.1 Blue Tongue skink 2.2.0 Beardies And tropical fish Also have baby marginated tortoises for sale

04-10-2011, 11:05 PM	#233
ziggy's owner Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: west midlands Posts: 4,152	I'm waiting for her to pm me why she disagrees __________________ 2.0.0 spur thighs 2.3.0 hermanns 2.1.1 marginated 0.0.4 leopard 2.8.0 guinea pigs 1.2.0 Springers 1.0.0 hamster 0.0.1 Blue Tongue skink 2.2.0 Beardies And tropical fish Also have baby marginated tortoises for sale

05-10-2011, 07:40 AM	#236
ziggy's owner Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: west midlands Posts: 4,152	Will do al, and thanks Soph __________________ 2.0.0 spur thighs 2.3.0 hermanns 2.1.1 marginated 0.0.4 leopard 2.8.0 guinea pigs 1.2.0 Springers 1.0.0 hamster 0.0.1 Blue Tongue skink 2.2.0 Beardies And tropical fish Also have baby marginated tortoises for sale

06-12-2011, 09:36 AM	#240
Alistair&Robyn Member Hatched Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 442	I never fed pellets to my torts, and then I got a much older male red foot who was fed pretty much predominantly on pellets, cabbage and banana, and he looks fantastic! He doesnt get cabbage or 'nana anymore, but I've brought pellets in to all their diets. All I can say so far is that their poo smells much more! __________________ 1.5.0 Red Foots 1.0.0 Bells Hingeback 2.2.0 Geyri Uromastyx 1.1.0 Ackie Monitor 0.0.1 Bosc Monitor 0.1.0 Red Iguana 2.3.0 African Pygmy Hedgehogs 1.1.0 Xenagama Taylori 0.2.0 Guinea Pigs 1.0.0 Fire Salamander 0.0.3 Ghost Mantids 1.0.0 Egyptian Uromastyx

05-10-2011, 12:36 AM	#234
Watermelon Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,085	Yeah just read on your fb Laura! Let us know what she says. Your tort pics on there are gorgeous btw.... espec the little leopards

05-10-2011, 08:23 AM	#237
Pussygalore Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 6,479	there's nothing wrong with those who choose not to use them or those that do, I'm giving my sully and the hatchlings pellets (nutrazu and Exotic leaf eater) but as the hatchlings will be sold don't really know for certain what their growth will be like. At the moment they are all lovely and smooth and growing well, Bolder my sully also has grassland pellets mixed in with his and I posted a photo of him a while back and had some very nice comments about how smooth he is, he's now a year, but again I don't know when you'd expect to see problems if any. I do provide a humid area and beleive I have everything else right also that pellets alone aren't the cause of pyramidding, the torts also have a good selection of home grown weeds/plants everyday which are always eaten so they aren't fussy, anyway I think they work for me and always tell my buyers what the babies have been having and its their choice how they carry on.

30-11-2011, 02:08 PM	#238
tuftybunny Member Egg Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 75	going back to the original question but with a twist. What about Chinchilla pellets - low in protein but high in fibre??? Only asking as I have a pet chin, and am wondering if the torts would like a pellet or 2 as a treat once a week or so???

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