Feeding pellets

[BeatBeat]

Which pellets are suitable for Hermanns? I've never used them so have no idea if they're all suitable or not. Prefer to trust your opinions than anyone in a shop.

Just thinking of a possible standby for my young Hermanns.

[TortBabe]

I fed a very small amount of pellets to my torts over the winter. You can try T-Rex or Komodo, I would just feed a teaspoonful, soak them first in boiling water

[NATURALIS]

i wouldn't recomend feeding pellets to young animal's

[Brontebell]

I supplement my Hermans diet with Komodo Pellets

[Petrus]

I feed komodo 2percent of bodyweight 2-3 times a week.

[NATURALIS]

It would be very interesting to see a picture of say a 2 year old tortoise thats been fed a high fibre weed diet against one thats been fed on pellets .

[Alan1]

Originally Posted by TortBabe

I fed a very small amount of pellets to my torts over the winter. You can try T-Rex or Komodo, I would just feed a teaspoonful, soak them first in boiling water

I just put cold water on my T-Rex ones Clare. Does it say on Komodo to use boiling water? I've not used them

BeatBeat, I give them twice a week in the winter months only

[16 shells]

Originally Posted by red foot marg

It would be very interesting to see a picture of say a 2 year old tortoise thats been fed a high fibre weed diet against one thats been fed on pellets .

Hi Chris it would have to be both kept in same condition's, same husbandry except the diet. Do you think.

[16 shells]

I have just thought how hit and miss that could actualy be, as in my very first two Herman's were bought the same size, after three years living together, outside and in husbandry weed/plant diet the same, one turned out petite and i think smooth the other a bull and slightly (to me ) bumpy. Like to add my third rehomed at 6 year old was under weight tiny slightly bumpy, scrawny limb's and was fed on a plant/weed diet, admitted prob under fed, now is a strong pellet/plant fed Tortoise.

[Alan1]

Originally Posted by 16 shells

I have just thought how hit and miss that could actualy be, as in my very first two Herman's were bought the same size, after three years living together, outside and in husbandry weed/plant diet the same, one turned out petite and i think smooth the other a bull and slightly (to me ) bumpy. Like to add my third rehomed at 6 year old was under weight tiny slightly bumpy, scrawny limb's and was fed on a plant/weed diet, admitted prob under fed, now is a strong pellet/plant fed Tortoise.

that site by the german guy who I can't remember now showed torts living in the same area in the wild and some were bumpy and some were not so yes, it would be very difficult to do