Food

[Leigh87]

Hello my sulcata is a year or two old it's 6 inches in length and is health it's full of energy and loves to walk round the house. I was just wondering am I feeding him enough. I feed him rocket salad big handful in morning and one at night and he has dry food if he wants threw day but he don't really touch that is this ok i just want to check. Don't want him to be underfed or over feed

 

[wellington]

Two things wrong here. One, he should not be walkng around your house, he should have his own space that he can stay warm in. Two, that is not a big enough variety of a diet for him. The dry food if he is not eating it, soak it in water. The greens, well you need a much bigger variety of them. Check out the tortoiselibrary.org.uk for food item ideas.

 

[Yvonne G]

Weeds and grasses too. He needs much more fiber in his diet (grass).

 

[Leigh87]

He has he own space with a heat lamp and uv I get him out so he can have a walk

 

[Leigh87]

Thanks I will see bout food

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

Thanks I will see bout food

sorry to go off topic. but can you post some pics of his enclosure to see if every things right? also whats his cage humidity levels?

 

[Leigh87]

What about worming my sulcata is there a certain type of brand to use and how often. It's just I am new to this and I want to give my sulcata the best life possible I am starting to know abit already but you look on the internet there all these different ways and opinions

 

[Blakem]

The reason why he shouldn't roam the house is that the floor is much cooler (heat rises), and there's too many things that can be eaten off of the floor. If you looks at the website that's been provided, you'll find MANY weeds that are edibt for your little one. It's free food! Woohoo! Welcome to the forum and I'm glad you found us!

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

What about worming my sulcata is there a certain type of brand to use and how often. It's just I am new to this and I want to give my sulcata the best life possible I am starting to know abit already but you look on the internet there all these different ways and opinions

have you see any worms in his poops? you can crush up pumpkin seeds and those are a natural dewormer. can you answer the questions i asked before? i would ask Yvonne for a brand to use.

 

[Leigh87]

Ok thanks. and no I ain't putting pics up I ask about food not housing. My floor is clean and and my floor is not freezing cold trust me it won't hurt the tortoise everyone has different ways of raising them if I knew it was hurting the tortoise I would stop but he loves it. I feel this forum you get judged to much

 

[Leigh87]

STICK TO TOPICS PEOPLE

 

[yillt]

Ok thanks. and no I ain't putting pics up I ask about food not housing. My floor is clean and and my floor is not freezing cold trust me it won't hurt the tortoise everyone has different ways of raising them if I knew it was hurting the tortoise I would stop but he loves it. I feel this forum you get judged to much

I understand but we are just trying to help. You don't have to post pictures. No one can force you to. But if you want help I suggest you do. Good luck with your original question.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Ok. Foods. In my experience, store bought foods, either greens or tortoise pellets, offer too limited of a diet. Fast growing tortoises are not the equivalent of healthy tortoises. I feed wild foods. A mix of pasture grasses and broadleaf weeds. At 1-2yrs of age, the transition to a more grass heavy diet should be taking place. I still provide broadleaf weeds, just at about 20% of the food mass, with the balance being fresh grasses. While from hatchling to 1 yr. I fed a closer to 80% weed ratio. The weeds and grasses provide a better source of food stuffs than grocery greens.

 

[Leigh87]

Thank you that's what I wanted to know

 

[petrovdsf]

My boy loves to roam the house also, he has freedom to do as he pleases, including going out into the garden.
He has his heated house, which he warms up in. He's 4 years old, so can hold his temp well as he is quite large.
He often goes out in the garden in the evening, (dark and wet) we live in the UK.
I simply feed him well, and let him decide what's best. He has soaks twice a week.

 

[Tom]

I feel this forum you get judged to much

Its not a question of "judging". Its simply that when we see something that we know is potentially harmful we wish to point it out so that you don't have to learn the hard way, like so many of the rest of us already have. Take it or leave it.

Here are food suggestions:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

 

[Evy]

I agree with many people here. Weeds, rose's petals and other flowers and grass are the best I find out this forum and it's been very helpful in all the areas and thanks to that my sulcata is very healthy.
I bring London inside when the weather is cold outside and he gets a bath and ears a second meal inside I front of the heater. Having him inside for couple hours help him to walk around a bit.