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Old 08-10-2008, 11:01 PM   #1
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In the calcium stakes would this be any good for tortoises.Sprinkled on their food?

I know people advise Nutrabol,but what is the difference?
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Old 08-10-2008, 11:04 PM   #2
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i use both i buy my limestone from sarah on the SW shop its last ages, i mix it with water and make blocks with it
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I use limestone flour and Nutrabol. The flour is just for the calcium but the Nutrabal has vitamins and minerals.
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Old 08-10-2008, 11:12 PM   #4
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Thanks for your quick replies

Do you use nutrabol with every feed ? or would too many extra vit's cause excessive and deformed growth?

Sorry for so many question but if I don't ask I don't learn from you experienced keepers.
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I use them both every feed and I also have a dish of natural chalk and a cuttle fish (nothing like covering all bases) Obviously if the torts are outside grazing they don't have it, having said that I have mixed some flour in with the soil that my weeds are growing in, in the hope of adding a little extra calcium. I'm not really obsessive, honest.
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Old 09-10-2008, 12:12 AM   #6
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Neutrobal is more important when torts are indoors only getting UV from lamps. Outside there is always more UV for them and I only provide Neutrobal once a week when they are outside. There is a small possibility of excess D3 if using Neutrobal and there is plenty of UV as well. As far as the calcium goes I don't think there is any way of having an excess, they would excrete surplus.
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Old 10-10-2008, 12:23 AM   #7
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THe product you have chosen is great for giving your tortoises and doesn't have an expiration date.

But as others have said it isn't a replacement for something like Nutrabol, but rather another supplemantary feed as well to provide extra calcium.
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Giving too much calcium can cause bladder stones.
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