A while ago I asked for advice on this forum on how to increase variety of my greek's diet and I was recommened Komodo fruits and flowers pellets. I tried them and my tort likes them
Recently however I have read some posts by people feeding their torts these pellets that have been worrying. One of the posts was on this forum where a member that fed these pellets often said that her torts claws fell off. The other post was on some UK forum. I have copied it below:
"Hi, I've owned a 3 year old Horsfield for around 9 months and along with the usual leafy greens fed him on the Komodo holistic pellets, after a short time the pellets was the only thing he ate, and around 2 weeks ago went off food completely. My vet informs me this food is not high in fibre as the company claim and my tortoise was very close to organ failure, so this is one food that will never be used again. After having a feeding tube inserted in his neck on Monday and being fed liquidised dandelions, chickweed, water and anti-biotics he has shown signs of improvement and gained some weight but is still very ill. Some websites i've checked differ in what food is not to be fed to tortoises, and i mean cabbage, spinach. Any advice would help greatly to get him back to full health, John."
Should I be worried? I have been adding it to my greek's weeds about 2 to 3 times a week.
Recently however I have read some posts by people feeding their torts these pellets that have been worrying. One of the posts was on this forum where a member that fed these pellets often said that her torts claws fell off. The other post was on some UK forum. I have copied it below:
"Hi, I've owned a 3 year old Horsfield for around 9 months and along with the usual leafy greens fed him on the Komodo holistic pellets, after a short time the pellets was the only thing he ate, and around 2 weeks ago went off food completely. My vet informs me this food is not high in fibre as the company claim and my tortoise was very close to organ failure, so this is one food that will never be used again. After having a feeding tube inserted in his neck on Monday and being fed liquidised dandelions, chickweed, water and anti-biotics he has shown signs of improvement and gained some weight but is still very ill. Some websites i've checked differ in what food is not to be fed to tortoises, and i mean cabbage, spinach. Any advice would help greatly to get him back to full health, John."
Should I be worried? I have been adding it to my greek's weeds about 2 to 3 times a week.