Too much food?

mecca7 · 25-04-2007, 01:02 PM

Hi, do you think this is too much food for my baby sulcata tortoise to consume on a daily basis?
It is a mixture of weeds, grass, super forage excel, cuttlebone powder and nutrobal...........

Blaze · 25-04-2007, 01:08 PM

I would say yes. You only need enough so that it would cover his back. I feed my baby 1 small dandilion leaf, 1 small amount of goose grass, and 1 small plantian leaf.

Blaze · 25-04-2007, 01:09 PM

oh, and by the way your sulcata is GORGEOUS!

piglet · 25-04-2007, 01:49 PM

I would say most definately , I have never reared sulcatas but I do know there care is almst identical including diet and amounts of feed offered as it is for leopards.

An idea would be to sprinkle the food a large pinch of what you have prepared around the enclosure this way the tortoise will have to forage for the food instead of it having access to a large amount on offer in one place, the exercise will do him more good as he looks about for food.

Great diet offered by the way just way too much

Darren

pawsplus · 25-04-2007, 03:17 PM

That's more than my 9-year old redfoot (7.5" SCL) gets. So YES! Way too much. You are unlikely to underfeed -- far more likely to overfeed. Feed less than you think he should get!

25-04-2007, 06:32 PM

Your tortois eis beautiful, but thats way to much for a lil guy like him.

My THB eats 1 small dandelion leaf, 2 small leaves of dead nettle, couple of dead nettle flowers...
tiny bit of sticky bud and some grass, (on other days some sowthistle and bittercress)...

But it sounds alot but its just the right amount for my THB.

a sulcata would need other food, but not so much

25-04-2007, 01:02 PM	#1
mecca7 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 40	Too much food? Hi, do you think this is too much food for my baby sulcata tortoise to consume on a daily basis? It is a mixture of weeds, grass, super forage excel, cuttlebone powder and nutrobal...........

25-04-2007, 01:08 PM	#2
Blaze Member Hatched Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Andover, Hampshire. Posts: 465	I would say yes. You only need enough so that it would cover his back. I feed my baby 1 small dandilion leaf, 1 small amount of goose grass, and 1 small plantian leaf. __________________ Zoe xx R.I.P Stompie.

25-04-2007, 01:09 PM	#3
Blaze Member Hatched Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Andover, Hampshire. Posts: 465	oh, and by the way your sulcata is GORGEOUS! __________________ Zoe xx R.I.P Stompie.

25-04-2007, 01:49 PM	#4
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	I would say most definately , I have never reared sulcatas but I do know there care is almst identical including diet and amounts of feed offered as it is for leopards. An idea would be to sprinkle the food a large pinch of what you have prepared around the enclosure this way the tortoise will have to forage for the food instead of it having access to a large amount on offer in one place, the exercise will do him more good as he looks about for food. Great diet offered by the way just way too much Darren __________________ 17 years old 25 years ago

25-04-2007, 03:17 PM	#5
pawsplus Member Hatched Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Franklin, TN (USA) Posts: 474	That's more than my 9-year old redfoot (7.5" SCL) gets. So YES! Way too much. You are unlikely to underfeed -- far more likely to overfeed. Feed less than you think he should get!

25-04-2007, 06:32 PM	#6
Cpx Guest Posts: n/a	Your tortois eis beautiful, but thats way to much for a lil guy like him. My THB eats 1 small dandelion leaf, 2 small leaves of dead nettle, couple of dead nettle flowers... tiny bit of sticky bud and some grass, (on other days some sowthistle and bittercress)... But it sounds alot but its just the right amount for my THB. a sulcata would need other food, but not so much

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