Feeding Info

[byerssusan]

Hi everyone. I have recently became the mother a beautiful baby sulcata. Her name is Phoenix. I got her Sept 2nd, she was 2 weeks old then. I have been feeding her rep cal from the time I got her. That is what the seller was feeding her. Anyway my question is..I let her have as much as she wants. Is that okay and..should I be feeding her anything else ontop of that? She is a piggy in a shell..haha..I just want to make sure she is getting all the nutrients she needs.

 

[ascott]

Welcome to the Forum We LOVE PICS

I am not familiar first hand with the food product you are speaking about....however, I do know that actual greens are a great thing to introduce to your baby....as when that baby becomes a "baby huey" you will likely need her to graze outside in her eventual outdoor enclosure....also, dark leafy greens and clean weeds are very nutritional....

Hang around and see what the others feel on your question...

 

[AnthonyC]

Welcome to the forum! Check out the Diet section of the forum. There is some great advice on baby Sully diets! Good luck!!

 

[dmarcus]

Hello and welcome to the forum..

I think the rep cal is good but I don't think that it should be the only thing you should be feeding. You should offer dark leafy greens and to make it easy all you have to do is get some spring mix from the grocery store and feed that with the rep cal. Variety is the key when feeding them especially now when they are younger, the last thing you want is a 80 pound tortoise who will only eat rep cal; that would become a very expensive diet.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi byerssusan:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

May we know your name and where you are?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome.

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[Jacqui]

Welcome and so glad you have joined us! Sulcata babies are so darn cute aren't they? They make me want to get a few dozen of them. Like the rest, I would love to see pictures of you Phoenix.

 

[Turtle Guru]

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