Komodo Complete?

Petrus · 05-01-2011, 09:28 PM

The Komodo pellets are styled as "Complete". Could you feed these on their own, all year round?

ziggy's owner · 05-01-2011, 09:32 PM

Ed does, and a few others do I fed twice three times a week

TortBabe · 05-01-2011, 09:54 PM

I always feed mine with salad/weeds

Petrus · 05-01-2011, 09:55 PM

So you give pellets and weeds together? Interesting. What I mean is, would it be safe to give just pellets all of the time?

ziggy's owner · 05-01-2011, 10:07 PM

Yeah it's a complete diet maybe pm ed and ask him how he feeds it

**Alan1** · 05-01-2011, 10:19 PM

I think Ed feeds greens as well and not pellets every day. I'm not 100% sure on that but he has said about not overfeeding with pellets. I suppose it can be done if you know how much to feed

I suspect their beaks would grow long if eating pellets all the time

**16 shells** · 05-01-2011, 10:29 PM

Because in this country some weed's grow freely and bedding plant's thrive quite well from spring to Autumn might as well feed them along with a pellet diet. Complete is a bold claim, but i think it could be done, but i would not want to.

Anita Sayles · 05-01-2011, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caledonia

I think Ed feeds greens as well and not pellets every day. I'm not 100% sure on that but he has said about not overfeeding with pellets. I suppose it can be done if you know how much to feed

I suspect their beaks would grow long if eating pellets all the time

I quote from Ed's book...
There is one caution when using some of the grain-based diets. There are some diets that seem to be very nutritious. When fed to a Russian tortoise in excessive amounts, it can lead to very rapid growth. Whether this is a good or bed thing is yet another topic of much debate, but it can be controlled by reducing the amount of food given. If any of these diets are used in feeding your Russian tortoise, you should limit offering it to once or twice a week.

Russian Tortoises, E. J. Pirog

Anita Sayles · 05-01-2011, 11:16 PM

He also states variety is the key - as varied as diet as possible for nutritional deficiencies to be virtually eliminated

Pussygalore · 06-01-2011, 08:15 AM

Assuming though your tort goes out in the summer (like they should) then there's so much other foods around that you shouldn't need to feed pellets etc. However I think they are good in the winter months alongside greens, if you stopped feeding any greenery then the torts might get to fussy to eat them again and only eat the pellets. There have been several posts about that where torts won't eat anything but pellets so surely its good to keep feeding a variety of greens as well. Ed has to feed all year round as he has so many torts and I'd imagine they'd eat everything in the garden but the average tort would find plenty to forage for in the summer

05-01-2011, 09:28 PM	#1
Petrus Banned Juvenile Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 997	Komodo Complete? The Komodo pellets are styled as "Complete". Could you feed these on their own, all year round?

05-01-2011, 09:32 PM	#2
ziggy's owner Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: west midlands Posts: 4,152	Ed does, and a few others do I fed twice three times a week __________________ 2.0.0 spur thighs 2.3.0 hermanns 2.1.1 marginated 0.0.4 leopard 2.8.0 guinea pigs 1.2.0 Springers 1.0.0 hamster 0.0.1 Blue Tongue skink 2.2.0 Beardies And tropical fish Also have baby marginated tortoises for sale

05-01-2011, 09:54 PM	#3
TortBabe Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 6,919	I always feed mine with salad/weeds __________________ Busy Mum to ~ 2 Kids, 2 Yorkies, 1 Horsfield, 6 Hermanns, 2 Iberas, 6 Tunisians, 2 Indian Stars and 2 Pancakes

05-01-2011, 10:07 PM	#5
ziggy's owner Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: west midlands Posts: 4,152	Yeah it's a complete diet maybe pm ed and ask him how he feeds it __________________ 2.0.0 spur thighs 2.3.0 hermanns 2.1.1 marginated 0.0.4 leopard 2.8.0 guinea pigs 1.2.0 Springers 1.0.0 hamster 0.0.1 Blue Tongue skink 2.2.0 Beardies And tropical fish Also have baby marginated tortoises for sale

05-01-2011, 10:29 PM	#7
16 shells Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hull Posts: 7,286	Because in this country some weed's grow freely and bedding plant's thrive quite well from spring to Autumn might as well feed them along with a pellet diet. Complete is a bold claim, but i think it could be done, but i would not want to. __________________ Paul.

05-01-2011, 09:55 PM	#4
Petrus Banned Juvenile Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 997	So you give pellets and weeds together? Interesting. What I mean is, would it be safe to give just pellets all of the time?

05-01-2011, 10:19 PM	#6
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I think Ed feeds greens as well and not pellets every day. I'm not 100% sure on that but he has said about not overfeeding with pellets. I suppose it can be done if you know how much to feed I suspect their beaks would grow long if eating pellets all the time

05-01-2011, 11:16 PM	#9
Anita Sayles Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Plymouth, Devon UK Posts: 1,163	He also states variety is the key - as varied as diet as possible for nutritional deficiencies to be virtually eliminated __________________ ... Be young, be foolish, but be happy... Life is too short to worry about unimportant things. Reach for the sky, touch your star, and then you find your dream... TheTams - 1965

06-01-2011, 08:15 AM	#10
Pussygalore Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 6,479	Assuming though your tort goes out in the summer (like they should) then there's so much other foods around that you shouldn't need to feed pellets etc. However I think they are good in the winter months alongside greens, if you stopped feeding any greenery then the torts might get to fussy to eat them again and only eat the pellets. There have been several posts about that where torts won't eat anything but pellets so surely its good to keep feeding a variety of greens as well. Ed has to feed all year round as he has so many torts and I'd imagine they'd eat everything in the garden but the average tort would find plenty to forage for in the summer

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