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I have found that my spur thighs love the parrot pellets. They smell really fruity and the torts scoff them down. I wouldn't feed them all the time though as they are as, if not more, expensive than tort pellets. I have however recommended them to 2 people on here, via PM as I thought I might get jumped on, who's torts had not been eating for quite some time and were going to be fitted with tubes. Both used them and their tort started eating again. I wish I could remember who it was. If you are reading this please let me know.
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Not growing well as in MBD, so not really pyramided (which isn't always a sign of MBD) but by being flatter and not domed like they should be. They were also only growing between the coastal scutes and marginal scutes so were very round in appearance.
It's possible the extra soaking could be helping, but not sure how. I'm sure to her diet with the pellets isn't likely to be the same as mine. Danny
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A couple of times I've offered Fast Fibre from Allen & Page (sorry don't yet know how to do a link)
We use it a lot for old donkeys with few - or no - teeth. I think there are many similarities between donkeys and torts in terms of nutritional needs. But when soaked the Fast Fibre resembles greenish mush and my torts were not enthusiastic! But in terms of fibre content & low protein I think this should be ok to feed as a supplement when weeds are scarce.
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Popped into a new pets at home pet store today, near me & spotted this stuff:
http://www.supremepetfoods.com/fiba-first-2/ ( the rabbit version) It looked very fibrous & it got me thinking about this post. It looked less manufactured than the other versions. |
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Did you check the protein content Lynn? It does look good, I'd just be worried about the protein % with whats in it.
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Yes it was 14% crude protein/30% crude fibre (through squinted eyes even with glasses on .. I must of been getting some funny looks holding big box to my face!)
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