22-02-2011, 08:36 AM | #11 | |
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Anyway, looks a decent place. |
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22-02-2011, 08:44 AM | #12 | |
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Personaly I would never use the stuff, but wouldnt judge anyone else who used it as part of a balanced diet. |
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22-02-2011, 08:49 AM | #13 |
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I'd always add some greenery simply because you don't want the tort to 'forget' to eat them and naturally in the summer months when hopefully your tort is outside you won't need pellets. However even then if the owner only feeds salads either due to lack of time/lack of imformation etc then again a few pellets will provide what's missing, but I don't think they should be seen as 'an easy option' in the summer to trying to provide a more natural diet for your tort. Mine are outside all summer (my adults) and have good grazing so can find most of their own food plus the easily collected weeds means the variety needed isn't hard to find, even my hatchlings will spend as much time outside as the weather permits. One thing I will say about pellets is that most torts will eat them and I've found that you can make up your own 'mush' with them which can include 'blended/finely chopped weeds', adding them to the soaked pellets, the pellets break down and a nice 'juicy' mash can be produced which should tempt even the tiniest or ill tort, you could then add medicines/wormers etc if they were being used.
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23-02-2011, 11:16 AM | #14 |
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feed mine twice a week komodo dandelion pellets. rest is made up of weeds/salad and once a month shredded carrot as a wormer
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