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Hi,
I have a 1 year old Horsefield called Toby. I have Googled and phoned and googled some more. He has fresh food each day. Kale, rocket, baby leaf ect. Oh and a banana once a month if hes good. My question is, I switched from Reptavite not to be confused with Reptivite to Nutrobal. I dust his food 3 days a week. Every so often I give him some Komodo complete diet, as he just loves them and they came with his set up. I don't like to give them everyday as he gets fresh food, so they are just the odd side dish. Is Nutrobal enough supplements on its own? Some say I should be giving calcium aswell, but its already in the Nutrobal? It's really confusing me. I've attached a picture of the supplement I use and please please someone give me the right answer. How often should I use Nutrobal and do I need extra calcium of some sort and what's best.
Thank you so much for your time.
Colin
 

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Yes that's enough. Too much calcium is as bad as too little
But you really should stop the banana. Fruit is high in sugars and it messes with their gut Flora and only a small few species can handle it and yours isn't one of them. I know it's only once a month. So once a month you are screwing up his gut. That's not okay.
 

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Yes that's enough. Too much calcium is as bad as too little
But you really should stop the banana. Fruit is high in sugars and it messes with their gut Flora and only a small few species can handle it and yours isn't one of them. I know it's only once a month. So once a month you are screwing up his gut. That's not okay.
Thank you. Can you advise any fruit treat once a month? Or none
 

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You could give the komodo you said he loves more often as a treat.
Thank you! I will do this. Do you think at a rough guess you could sex Him/Her. I won't quote you on it, but your professional option
 

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cpl1307

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Hi,
I have a 1 year old Horsefield called Toby. I have Googled and phoned and googled some more. He has fresh food each day. Kale, rocket, baby leaf ect. Oh and a banana once a month if hes good. My question is, I switched from Reptavite not to be confused with Reptivite to Nutrobal. I dust his food 3 days a week. Every so often I give him some Komodo complete diet, as he just loves them and they came with his set up. I don't like to give them everyday as he gets fresh food, so they are just the odd side dish. Is Nutrobal enough supplements on its own? Some say I should be giving calcium aswell, but its already in the Nutrobal? It's really confusing me. I've attached a picture of the supplement I use and please please someone give me the right answer. How often should I use Nutrobal and do I need extra calcium of some sort and what's best.
Thank you so much for your time.
Colin
 

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Any idea of sex
 

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Any idea of sex. Rough guess
 

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Any idea of sex. Rough guess
In your other thread about this animal's sex, I said: "Tail looks as though it may be tending toward male, but as wellington said, the tortoise is extremely young to be able to accurately sex visually."
 

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In your other thread about this animal's sex, I said: "Tail looks as though it may be tending toward male, but as wellington said, the tortoise is extremely young to be able to accurately sex visually."
Thank you for all you help!!
 

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Hi,
I have a 1 year old Horsefield called Toby. I have Googled and phoned and googled some more. He has fresh food each day. Kale, rocket, baby leaf ect. Oh and a banana once a month if hes good. My question is, I switched from Reptavite not to be confused with Reptivite to Nutrobal. I dust his food 3 days a week. Every so often I give him some Komodo complete diet, as he just loves them and they came with his set up. I don't like to give them everyday as he gets fresh food, so they are just the odd side dish. Is Nutrobal enough supplements on its own? Some say I should be giving calcium aswell, but its already in the Nutrobal? It's really confusing me. I've attached a picture of the supplement I use and please please someone give me the right answer. How often should I use Nutrobal and do I need extra calcium of some sort and what's best.
Thank you so much for your time.
Colin
I like to do vitamin supplementation once a week and calcium supplementation twice a week for most growing juvenile situations, along with a weedy, leafy, natural, varied diet. Supplemental foods like Mazuri or your Komodo are also good once or twice a week. With a good diet, you don't need a lot of supplementation.

I agree that there should be no sugary fruit in the diet. Grated squash or pumpkin, minced bell peppers, and that type of "fruit" is okay as a small part of the diet mixed in once in a while.

There is a lot of old incorrect tortoise info out there that people find when doing "research". Most of the info found is wrong. Here is the right info:
 

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I like to do vitamin supplementation once a week and calcium supplementation twice a week for most growing juvenile situations, along with a weedy, leafy, natural, varied diet. Supplemental foods like Mazuri or your Komodo are also good once or twice a week. With a good diet, you don't need a lot of supplementation.

I agree that there should be no sugary fruit in the diet. Grated squash or pumpkin, minced bell peppers, and that type of "fruit" is okay as a small part of the diet mixed in once in a while.

There is a lot of old incorrect tortoise info out there that people find when doing "research". Most of the info found is wrong. Here is the right info:
Thank you for taking time out to reply to me!
I will stop the fruit straight away!
Take care
Colin
 

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Thank you for taking time out to reply to me!
I will stop the fruit straight away!
Take care
Colin
It's great that you understand.
Most tortoises will quickly scarf down some fruit. But most tortoises aren't designed to process sugars.
 

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