Questions

[BrinnANDTorts]

I have that TNT stuff too !!! I use it, mainly for the probiotics lol
It smells so natural to me, I wonder how they make it
Do you have to put it in the fridge because it is just been in the zip lock bag it came in sittin on my tortoise cage

I think I had emailed them at one point, and they gave me the tip about the fridge. I believe it makes it last longer; months.
I don't use calcium powder, just the cuttlebone and the TNT. They all nibble the cuttlebone, and the TNT is ground up weeds, many of which are calcium rich. And I sure like the idea of the probitotics! I spray my greens first so the TNT will stick.
I do use an MVB. Mine are outside part of the year, just not as much as in California, Texas, etc.
But I have Russians; they don't grow as rapidly as Sullies, so their calcium needs are not likely as dramatic.
Perhaps if you dust the calcium on very, very lightly? Or focus on using it on their favorite food?

I wonder how you make soil calcium rich because I would like to do that and start a tortoise garden of calcium rich clovers, weeds, and grasses.
Gupta doesn't have a favorite food, he is just insanely picky... snifes every food I put in their for like forever before eating it.. So I don't think he has a favorite food. I've tried treats like fruit and such (pumkin too) he won't even touch them
I'd rather him not eat those things any ways
I'll get him to eat it by putting some on his food and eventually he will get hungry enough to not be so picky is what I am thinking. I am about to buy two more little sullies so I am hoping that makes him even less picky
I have a Greek trio and they each eat like a ton more than Gupta..I'm not sure why exactly but I am thinking maybe its because there is more than one

 

[Tom]

BAOH said in a post that he/she broadcasts calcium over the soil where he grows his tortoise food. You could PM him/her and ask for details.

 

[lynnedit]

True, competition can be a great stimulant, lol!
Have you seen the seed for sale on the Carolina Pet Supply site? They have one for Sullies too, with grasses.
http://www.carolinapetsupply.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=page&id=3&chapter=0
You could start some seed trays...

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

True, competition can be a great stimulant, lol!
Have you seen the seed for sale on the Carolina Pet Supply site? They have one for Sullies too, with grasses.
http://www.carolinapetsupply.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=page&id=3&chapter=0
You could start some seed trays...

I actually bought some but its not really growing unfortunately. I wanted to add it to my tortoise cages in those little trays

 

[lynnedit]

Well, maybe outside in the warmer months...
Calcium in the soil isn't a bad idea, if you can get the seeds to grow.
I have had more luck growing weeks by broadcasting them over the surface and pressing them in, keeping moist. When I cover the seeds with soil, they don't grow as well.