feeding sulcatas?

sammkins · 25-06-2009, 06:55 PM

I have 4 little sulcatas that are a few months old, they have timothy hay with the mixed dandlions etc in their enclosure, that i bought from the pet shop, also they have some other forage stuff, but i havnt really seen them eat it, i give them weeds , salad leaves, and flower petals when they are inside that only 2 of them will eat, the other 2 dont touch them.

I have also grown timothy hay and orchard grass, and they have had some of this, only small quantities.

When they go out during the day they will eat the grass a weeds.

Is this enough, as i dont feel they are happily eating 85% of hay/grass/straw. They definately have more weeds and salad leaves at the moment.

How do you get your hatchilings to eat the straw/grass and hay and what exactly do you feed them? thanks

DoodleBopper · 25-06-2009, 08:39 PM

I don't keep sulcatas so i'm not sure, but i've heard people mention with other grass eating tortoises that they cut up teh grass and sprinkle it over the weeds so that they eat it with the weeds, kind of like us putting salt on our food lol. Maybe this would work?

sammkins · 25-06-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DoodleBopper

I don't keep sulcatas so i'm not sure, but i've heard people mention with other grass eating tortoises that they cut up teh grass and sprinkle it over the weeds so that they eat it with the weeds, kind of like us putting salt on our food lol. Maybe this would work?

how strange i have literally just done that before coming on here - lol

i shall see if that works. They have put on 3 - 4 gramms since ive had them apart from one he/she has lost a gram.

NATURALIS · 25-06-2009, 10:21 PM

you can also cut up timothy hay and put it in a coffee grinder,spray your weeds with water and sprinkle this fine hay onto the weeds which it sticks to,ideal way to give them fibre.

DoodleBopper · 25-06-2009, 10:41 PM

Sounds like your doing a good job, good luck with the grass

sammkins · 26-06-2009, 12:37 AM

ok but do you think timothy hay and orchard grass with my lawn grass, weeds and plants are enough, (i am growing other grass seeds too but may take a while).

They will take alot of pursuading to take the hay, but you have given me good ideas, i shall try them out.

Paulg1 · 26-06-2009, 02:13 AM

dont be discouraged about them not eating grasses right away. Like suggested cut some grass up into smaller pieces along with what they do eat and in a few weeks or so they will aquire the taste for it.

25-06-2009, 06:55 PM	#1
sammkins Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Surrey Posts: 321	feeding sulcatas? I have 4 little sulcatas that are a few months old, they have timothy hay with the mixed dandlions etc in their enclosure, that i bought from the pet shop, also they have some other forage stuff, but i havnt really seen them eat it, i give them weeds , salad leaves, and flower petals when they are inside that only 2 of them will eat, the other 2 dont touch them. I have also grown timothy hay and orchard grass, and they have had some of this, only small quantities. When they go out during the day they will eat the grass a weeds. Is this enough, as i dont feel they are happily eating 85% of hay/grass/straw. They definately have more weeds and salad leaves at the moment. How do you get your hatchilings to eat the straw/grass and hay and what exactly do you feed them? thanks __________________ My list: Owner of 3 boys + Hubby 1 Abyssinian Cat 1 Siamese Kitten 6 Horsfield Torts 6 Baby Sulcatas 1 rabbit 2 Aylesbury Ducks Hubbys list: 20 bearded Dragons 1 Blue tongue Skink 7 Chameleons House Gheckos and the list goes on!

25-06-2009, 08:39 PM	#2
DoodleBopper Member Hatchling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norfolk Posts: 717	I don't keep sulcatas so i'm not sure, but i've heard people mention with other grass eating tortoises that they cut up teh grass and sprinkle it over the weeds so that they eat it with the weeds, kind of like us putting salt on our food lol. Maybe this would work? __________________

25-06-2009, 10:41 PM	#5
DoodleBopper Member Hatchling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norfolk Posts: 717	Sounds like your doing a good job, good luck with the grass __________________

26-06-2009, 12:37 AM	#6
sammkins Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Surrey Posts: 321	ok but do you think timothy hay and orchard grass with my lawn grass, weeds and plants are enough, (i am growing other grass seeds too but may take a while). They will take alot of pursuading to take the hay, but you have given me good ideas, i shall try them out. __________________ My list: Owner of 3 boys + Hubby 1 Abyssinian Cat 1 Siamese Kitten 6 Horsfield Torts 6 Baby Sulcatas 1 rabbit 2 Aylesbury Ducks Hubbys list: 20 bearded Dragons 1 Blue tongue Skink 7 Chameleons House Gheckos and the list goes on!

26-06-2009, 02:13 AM	#7
Paulg1 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,116	dont be discouraged about them not eating grasses right away. Like suggested cut some grass up into smaller pieces along with what they do eat and in a few weeks or so they will aquire the taste for it. __________________ 0.1.0 G. sulcata/Larry 0.1.0 G. pardalis babcocki/Leo 1.0.0 G. pardalis pardalis/Tino "Stop the world, I want to get off!"

25-06-2009, 10:21 PM	#4
NATURALIS Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: cheshire Posts: 3,472	you can also cut up timothy hay and put it in a coffee grinder,spray your weeds with water and sprinkle this fine hay onto the weeds which it sticks to,ideal way to give them fibre.

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