No weeds...so time for a mish mash of all of it!

[yuna1971]

But I will weigh him and then check and see if its ok... And then I will check against...jackson ratio??
I reckon it will be overweight or something.... I cant deprive him of his food. I hate to find out...I think he is at least 2lbs.
It is like with the pellets thing...
I know that 2 tablespoons (thank you Lolly for your input)...will not go far. He will eat it and look for more. I cant see how it will work...being that 2 tablespoons is a meal. I dunno maybe it is just me.....

[Marly]

You will be surprised with the pellets. Once soaked they swell alot. Marly loves them and I would say he eats about one tea spoon full, if that. They go along way. I don't restrict Marly's food either. I would rather know he has a full little belly and has eaten what he wants. When he has had enough he walks away. I am happy with that

[Lolly8]

Originally Posted by yuna1971

But I will weigh him and then check and see if its ok... And then I will check against...jackson ratio??
I reckon it will be overweight or something.... I cant deprive him of his food. I hate to find out...I think he is at least 2lbs.
It is like with the pellets thing...
I know that 2 tablespoons (thank you Lolly for your input)...will not go far. He will eat it and look for more. I cant see how it will work...being that 2 tablespoons is a meal. I dunno maybe it is just me.....

That's great that you will weigh him.You may well surprised that he's weight might be ok. And yes,when feeding pellets,they always look for more because they like the stuff too much.You just have to be strong and do face that you don't see when his begging for more food.

[Alan1]

mine prefer t-rex pellets, they would suck them through a shi**y cloth

[Kirkie]

Rach,

Get these

http://www.reptilica.co.uk/Agrobs-Pr...ortoises.phtml

http://www.reptilica.co.uk/Agrobs-Pr...-Testudo.phtml

Or

http://www.reptilica.co.uk/Agrobs-Pr...do-Fibre.phtml

Trust me

[Alan1]

Originally Posted by yuna1971

Ok.
I am going to confess.
And this is for fear of everyone jumping on me....I am actually embarassed to say this. I may have said before but here we go. So dont hate please....

I dont know what Lilys weight is.

that's terrible

[yuna1971]

Originally Posted by stells

Ratio's are only a guide... they are not set in stone... Lily is a big boy now so is going to hopefully be quite weighty... and won't be growing as quickly as if he was a younger tortoise anyway... he doesn't look overweight... he doesn't have rolls of fat around his legs and necks... thats an overweight tortoise... and for all you know he could be underweight... i couldn't tell you the weight of any of mine at the moment... its not something i concern myself with...

You have no idea how much better that has made me feel already, Kelly.
.........

[yuna1971]

Dave, will have a look...i gather to stick to the same sort of "judgement amount" as Lolly said, 2 table spoons ....
I know its me...but it just doesnt seem very much..2 table spoons is like, minature mouse sized portions... A couple of mouthfulls and ...bang gone.
Do people really just litterally put this tiny amount down and thats it?? Or put this down, and leave some weed/lettuce mix too??
Sorry to ask dummy questions but trying to visualise. xx
Al....you are such a rotter..but that did make me have a wee chuckle!xxx

[Kirkie]

Rach

I cant comment on any pellet product as I dont ude them. The Pre Alpin Testudo isn't a formulated pellet is just dried plants and grasses, so you feed the same amount as you would a weed feed, it has no additives so you suppliment as you would other plants.

[Horace2]

Originally Posted by Marly

You will be surprised with the pellets. Once soaked they swell alot. Marly loves them and I would say he eats about one tea spoon full, if that. They go along way. I don't restrict Marly's food either. I would rather know he has a full little belly and has eaten what he wants. When he has had enough he walks away. I am happy with that

I feed Horace 20 Komodo pellets three times a week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 20 pellets per day. One tea spoon= 52 pellets. I have now upped that to 25 pellets three times a week. The the other three days I feed lamps lettuce and the red stuff can't spell the bloody word in a floette bag but some times get it fresh.
I know Horace would eat much more pellets. I don't feed Horace anything on Sunday, a day of rest and all that
I have read here that Horsefield torts are more bumpy but even in the wild they can be too. I think Horace is a bit bumpy but looks great to me.
When I had Horace his shell was not smooth like the torts I have seen.