DIET FOR SULCATAS! NO WAY!!!

Yvonne G

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My sister thought she was feeding her sulcata the best diet, and he had water and drank lots of it daily. The diet consisted mainly of clover and kale. This was Maggie's first clue that something was wrong with her sulcata, Bob:

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/bobs-stone.116664/page-2

And later he died because of surgery to remove this:

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/bladder-stone.132987/

Yes, diet and the types of food you feed ARE important. Feeding mainly brassicas and foods high in oxalates will kill your tortoise.

In that last link I referred to a Texas tortoise skeleton. I don't know what his keepers fed him, but here's a picture of that stone:

bladder stone 3-28-18.jpg
 
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