My indian stars

SCI-MCC · 12-09-2010, 11:31 AM

Only picked them up yesterday but they are both very active and both eating, the female's a bin,the male is a little picky but is still eating and has put weight on in a week while at the dealers house. I got them from a respected dealer here in N Ireland, I'm told they are around 3.5 years old, c/b of course,they are unrelated and came from a private collection in England. I'm housing them in a 4ft x 3.5 table, there's biggers one coming soon. I using 50/50 sand,coco husk mix, there's a UV 10 strip with reflector running the length on the table, I'm heating it with a ceramic on a day and night stat. 32c day basking down to 25 at night. The humidity on the table is 60%. Any thoughts,advise is welcome people, I'm very open minded. I have always fed tortoise weeds with the very,very odd bit of salad but after reading the 14 page long thead on pellets I thinks this looks like a good option. I'm going to worm them with this stuff, has anyone any experiences or knowledge on this stuff? Does it do the job?
http://www.kusuri.co.uk/view_product.php?id=242
Anyway here's the pic's
First the female.

and the male

TortBabe · 12-09-2010, 12:20 PM

They are gorgeous!

SeeShell · 12-09-2010, 01:34 PM

They're lovely torts!
SS

eliza · 12-09-2010, 03:30 PM

They are gorgeous

samstar · 12-09-2010, 03:35 PM

They look really good and strong, congrats! Feeding pellets might take them some getting used to. Mix with the regular food initially to get them to eat it. Good luck and keep us posted.

littlestar · 12-09-2010, 07:05 PM

try a natural source like carrot that is supposed to act as a de-wormer.

they look as they have done okay on a natural diet why change.

Nice torts by the way.

Lolly8 · 12-09-2010, 07:35 PM

They are beautiful!Congratulations!

SCI-MCC · 12-09-2010, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlestar

try a natural source like carrot that is supposed to act as a de-wormer.

they look as they have done okay on a natural diet why change.

Nice torts by the way.

Weeds is what I have fed in the past,these 2 I'm led to believe have been raised on pellets.

Beverley · 13-09-2010, 04:21 PM

A natural wormer would be butternut squash and pumpkin, I would not worm them unless it is needed, I would get a sample tested to see if worms are present or not. Nice Stars, I am the odd one out here, I don't use pellets at all

littlestar · 13-09-2010, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beverley

A natural wormer would be butternut squash and pumpkin, I would not worm them unless it is needed, I would get a sample tested to see if worms are present or not. Nice Stars, I am the odd one out here, I don't use pellets at all

Hi Beverley your not alone and your not the odd one out i don't use pellets either and never will,all natural food mine get.

12-09-2010, 11:31 AM	#1
SCI-MCC Junior Member Egg Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Belfast Posts: 21	My indian stars Only picked them up yesterday but they are both very active and both eating, the female's a bin,the male is a little picky but is still eating and has put weight on in a week while at the dealers house. I got them from a respected dealer here in N Ireland, I'm told they are around 3.5 years old, c/b of course,they are unrelated and came from a private collection in England. I'm housing them in a 4ft x 3.5 table, there's biggers one coming soon. I using 50/50 sand,coco husk mix, there's a UV 10 strip with reflector running the length on the table, I'm heating it with a ceramic on a day and night stat. 32c day basking down to 25 at night. The humidity on the table is 60%. Any thoughts,advise is welcome people, I'm very open minded. I have always fed tortoise weeds with the very,very odd bit of salad but after reading the 14 page long thead on pellets I thinks this looks like a good option. I'm going to worm them with this stuff, has anyone any experiences or knowledge on this stuff? Does it do the job? http://www.kusuri.co.uk/view_product.php?id=242 Anyway here's the pic's First the female. and the male

12-09-2010, 12:20 PM	#2
TortBabe Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 6,919	They are gorgeous! __________________ Busy Mum to ~ 2 Kids, 2 Yorkies, 1 Horsfield, 6 Hermanns, 2 Iberas, 6 Tunisians, 2 Indian Stars and 2 Pancakes

12-09-2010, 07:35 PM	#7
Lolly8 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Stoke on Trent Posts: 5,276	They are beautiful!Congratulations! __________________

13-09-2010, 04:21 PM	#9
Beverley Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3,493	A natural wormer would be butternut squash and pumpkin, I would not worm them unless it is needed, I would get a sample tested to see if worms are present or not. Nice Stars, I am the odd one out here, I don't use pellets at all __________________

12-09-2010, 01:34 PM	#3
SeeShell Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 3,120	They're lovely torts! SS

12-09-2010, 03:30 PM	#4
eliza Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Newcastle Tyne and Wear Posts: 364	They are gorgeous

12-09-2010, 03:35 PM	#5
samstar Member Hatchling Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 693	They look really good and strong, congrats! Feeding pellets might take them some getting used to. Mix with the regular food initially to get them to eat it. Good luck and keep us posted.

12-09-2010, 07:05 PM	#6
littlestar Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 279	try a natural source like carrot that is supposed to act as a de-wormer. they look as they have done okay on a natural diet why change. Nice torts by the way.

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