adult sulcata calcium

[samsmom]

My 10 yo 85-100 lb sulcata lives outside. He grazes (bermuda and st augustine grass/weeds...) year round and this is the first winter that he has really started liking to eat hay. Occasionally he gets squash, zucchini, cucumber, spring mix, various greens, flowers, mazuri pellets and optunia cactus. My question is should I still give him calcium or any other supplements?

 

[Yvonne G]

The opuntia is calcium rich. If you think he needs more than the food gives him, leave a cuttlebone in his yard for him to chew on.

 

[samsmom]

The opuntia is calcium rich. If you think he needs more than the food gives him, leave a cuttlebone in his yard for him to chew on.

Thanks Yvonne. I currently have a tortoise block in his food bowl but he never touches it. Think I'll replace that with cuttlebone! Is it possible or would it be harmful for him to get too much calcium?

 

[Tom]

My 10 yo 85-100 lb sulcata lives outside. He grazes (bermuda and st augustine grass/weeds...) year round and this is the first winter that he has really started liking to eat hay. Occasionally he gets squash, zucchini, cucumber, spring mix, various greens, flowers, mazuri pellets and optunia cactus. My question is should I still give him calcium or any other supplements?

I little calcium supplementation once or twice a week won't hurt anything, but its also probably not necessary in your case.

Look for mulberry leaves and grape leaves in spring in addition to the weeds, grasses, hay, and opuntia.