How Often to feed?

[128woo]

Hi everyone,
I've been told that too much feeding brings gastrointestinal problems. How often do you feed them? Everyday or... need to keep them hungry? ? Really need your advice. Thanks~ P.S. I'm keeping 2 small radiated

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi 128woo:

Won't you please take a few moments to start a new thread in the "introductions" section and tell us a bit about yourself?

 

[Missy]

I feed my hatchling Leopard 2 times a day and my bigger Sulcatas once a day.

 

[jackrat]

I feed once a day for the youngsters. I sometimes skip a day with the adults.

 

[dmarcus]

I feed once a day for my tortoises and my box turtles..

 

[GBtortoises]

Daily feeding of well balanced, quality, varied diet to a tortoise that is kept in the right captive environment and allowed ample room for normal activity is not a problem.
There are many "schools of thought" on feeding intervals and amounts with tortoises. For the most part it's what works for the individual as long as they keep the tortoises well being in mind.
When indoors I feed my tortoises every other day and depending upon what the food is, often leave it until the following day. I do this with wild weeds, that dry slightly but keep better the following day. Adults often prefer this. With grocery store greens, that generally all have a very high water content, I remove them at the end of the feeding day because they simply wilt and "go limp" under the heat and light. But while I feed every other day my tortoises also always have timothy hay available to them in their enclosures 24/7 to browse on.
When outdoors I feed every two to three days but always leave the wild weeds in the enclosure between feedings for them to browse on, which they do constantly.
A major part of sucess with their diet is also constant hydration.

 

[Grigor.Love.]

Your tortoise is so stinkin' cuuuute!

 

[tortoise-kid]

Once a day should be just fine.

 

[128woo]

Daily feeding of well balanced, quality, varied diet to a tortoise that is kept in the right captive environment and allowed ample room for normal activity is not a problem.
There are many "schools of thought" on feeding intervals and amounts with tortoises. For the most part it's what works for the individual as long as they keep the tortoises well being in mind.
When indoors I feed my tortoises every other day and depending upon what the food is, often leave it until the following day. I do this with wild weeds, that dry slightly but keep better the following day. Adults often prefer this. With grocery store greens, that generally all have a very high water content, I remove them at the end of the feeding day because they simply wilt and "go limp" under the heat and light. But while I feed every other day my tortoises also always have timothy hay available to them in their enclosures 24/7 to browse on.
When outdoors I feed every two to three days but always leave the wild weeds in the enclosure between feedings for them to browse on, which they do constantly.
A major part of sucess with their diet is also constant hydration.

Thanks a lot for your detailed advice and now I really agree with you after some research. The activity, different kinds of food, should be considered...
One more thing I learn is to keep digestion system well, and that comes from one of my radiated which got some wet poo problem and recovered now. I took some advice to supply Lacidophilin tablets, and Primadophilus for children, to make sure there's enough probiotics when over feeding. Perhaps 0.5g once, turns out good

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

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