Pumpkin?

[sulcalcifer]

Is it alright to feed my sulcata a little bit of pumpkin? It seems like it would be a nice treat, but I just want to make sure it's not harmful in anyway.

 

[Saleama]

I asked this a few weeks ago. Apparently, most feel it is ok to feed sparingly. There is, however, some debate on pureed or fresh with fresh being the one most suggest. Rind included.

 

[RuthJanice]

Yes. I take fresh pumpkin, seeds and all and put it in a food processor so it is in little bit size morsels. My sulcata LOVES it.

 

[ILoveTortoises2]

I gave my torts some pumpkins and they LOVED it.... I don't know how big your sulcata is but I know I have had some ppl tell me that do have sulcata's have given the tort the pumpkin and let them be. I would cute that huge stem because I don't know if that is ok for them or not. But I think your ok to give your tort pumpkins

 

[Kirin]

I feed my leopard and sully fresh pureed pumpkin as a treat. I take chunks of pumpkin and put it in the blender. The love it!

This picture was chunky pumpkin. I was cooking it a little before I read about not cooking.

 

[sulcalcifer]

Awesome, thanks everyone! He is 2-years-old so I'll try cutting it into small chunks.

 

[ILoveTortoises2]

Awesome, thanks everyone! He is 2-years-old so I'll try cutting it into small chunks.

Oh yeah he is still a baby then. Cute it up for him. He will LOVE it. Take some photos when he is eating the pumpkin I LOVE to see the dirty faces

 

[erica anne]

Cute! What type of pumpkin did you buy?

 

[mhcl2241]

Im so glad this thread was here! We are going to carve pumpkins and I was really thinking my sulcata would enjoy all that goo!!! BTW THe pumpkin can also be stored in the freeze for furture feedings!!! B\

 

[Tom]

Smaller sulcatas can choke on chunks. I grate it on a cheese grater for small tortoises and mix it in with other greens or grass. I feed whole pumpkins to adult sulcatas.

 

[julietteq]

My 2 leos LOVE pumpkin. I wanted to to add more hay to their diet, so I got the zoomed tortoise food for grazers. They ignored it completely at first. Then I mixed in some pumkin and they devouered it. I reduced the pumpkin a little bit day by day and now they eat the zoomed without the pumpin as well.