Littleredfootbigredheart
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Hey folks! I’m trying to come up with a rough meal plan for our red foot to try and ensure we’re getting all her ratios correct😊
She’s been getting a variety mainly consisting of;
Spring greens
Romaine
Dandelions
Dried tortoise mix once a week
Some other greens mixed in like rocket, cress and kale and the odd sprouts (though I’m becoming conscious to not over do it on goitrogenic plants, is that as much of an issue for red foot’s??)
Lots of different fruits, mango, papaya, melon, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, peach, blueberries, the odd grapes and blackberries, banana as a treat
The odd bit of grated carrot and courgette, and some slices of bell pepper
Protein wise she’s been getting a mouse every 7-10 days but want to start trying her with some steamed chicken
She gets a pinch of supplement powder on each feed and some cuttlefish every few weeks when we can get it.
All in all I don’t think her diet is bad?
I’m just wanting to slowly introduce a bit more variety along the way as a treat, so I’ve wrote a big list of all the foods that are easiest for us to get our hands on where we are, I’ve listed a few types of lettuce, but are they even worth rotating in cause of the poor nutritional value? We’ll stick to putting some romaine it to bulk some feeds up but are the others ok now n then too with the variety?
I went over all of them on The Tortoise Table, perhaps leading me to being a bit too strict with some things, like the mushrooms for example, are they safer to feed more often? Conscious of too much protein intake. Any input on that list is welcome for adjustments, I might be off on some of the stuff? Am I worrying too much about goitrogens?
I’ve read both good and bad things going back for using fish&shrimp as a protein source, same with egg so wasn’t sure whether to include them?
What kind of worms should I perhaps consider and how many do people feed of them for one protein portion? Do they need gut feeding?
The way we like to feed her, is for her to have a feed on Mondays, miss a day, then Wednesday, miss a day, then Friday, both Saturday and Sunday are small snack feeds on a few leftovers, nothing heavy. Sometimes it’s just on one of the weekend days.
We make up each feed with most of the portion being the leafy greens, then a bit of one or two veggies, like a bit of grated carrot or courgette with a few slices of bell pepper, then a few different fruits on top making up about 20-30% of the feed depending on the day, the entire feed totals about the size of her shell in a pile as to not overdo it.
I know some people do things differently, like separating the greens from the fruit and veg and feeding them on separate days, we just like to give her a little mix on each feed, she’s always been more inclined to finish most of her plate and have a bit of everything when we do it like that.
I know some folk might also do smaller portions everyday instead of the miss a day method, it’s just what we found works for her, she’s definitely not going hungry us doing it like that, as much as she hops straight on her salad, she’s happy grazing on it throughout the day, not devouring all at once and sometimes she leaves a bit.
Moving forward I’m wanting to buy her some prickly pear cactus pads, as and when I can😊I’m working on sourcing more safe weeds and wildflowers to forage, and definitely want to get into growing some of our own! Might make a separate thread when the time comes to that cause I’d be curious to hear what people’s red foots have found most palatable off the list of plants and flowers that grow best in our uk climate.
Below I’ve come up with a rough diet plan for what a typical two weeks might look like, I’ve wanted to bare in mind what they are able to find at the supermarket and bare cost in mind too as it’s not me buying her food lol.
It’s possible I’ve even over thought the diet plan and it could be scaled back? In which case I’m super happy to hear suggestions/adjustments you’d personally make!😊im curious if I’ve got those ratios at a safe level?
Overall what would you change?
She’s been enjoying her new upgrade we managed to get all up and running with help from lots of you guys on here! Been exploring and chowing down, her usual cute little self, seems to have settled right in🥰
Look forward to hearing back on this thread, all the best guys😁
She’s been getting a variety mainly consisting of;
Spring greens
Romaine
Dandelions
Dried tortoise mix once a week
Some other greens mixed in like rocket, cress and kale and the odd sprouts (though I’m becoming conscious to not over do it on goitrogenic plants, is that as much of an issue for red foot’s??)
Lots of different fruits, mango, papaya, melon, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, peach, blueberries, the odd grapes and blackberries, banana as a treat
The odd bit of grated carrot and courgette, and some slices of bell pepper
Protein wise she’s been getting a mouse every 7-10 days but want to start trying her with some steamed chicken
She gets a pinch of supplement powder on each feed and some cuttlefish every few weeks when we can get it.
All in all I don’t think her diet is bad?
I’m just wanting to slowly introduce a bit more variety along the way as a treat, so I’ve wrote a big list of all the foods that are easiest for us to get our hands on where we are, I’ve listed a few types of lettuce, but are they even worth rotating in cause of the poor nutritional value? We’ll stick to putting some romaine it to bulk some feeds up but are the others ok now n then too with the variety?
I went over all of them on The Tortoise Table, perhaps leading me to being a bit too strict with some things, like the mushrooms for example, are they safer to feed more often? Conscious of too much protein intake. Any input on that list is welcome for adjustments, I might be off on some of the stuff? Am I worrying too much about goitrogens?
I’ve read both good and bad things going back for using fish&shrimp as a protein source, same with egg so wasn’t sure whether to include them?
What kind of worms should I perhaps consider and how many do people feed of them for one protein portion? Do they need gut feeding?
The way we like to feed her, is for her to have a feed on Mondays, miss a day, then Wednesday, miss a day, then Friday, both Saturday and Sunday are small snack feeds on a few leftovers, nothing heavy. Sometimes it’s just on one of the weekend days.
We make up each feed with most of the portion being the leafy greens, then a bit of one or two veggies, like a bit of grated carrot or courgette with a few slices of bell pepper, then a few different fruits on top making up about 20-30% of the feed depending on the day, the entire feed totals about the size of her shell in a pile as to not overdo it.
I know some people do things differently, like separating the greens from the fruit and veg and feeding them on separate days, we just like to give her a little mix on each feed, she’s always been more inclined to finish most of her plate and have a bit of everything when we do it like that.
I know some folk might also do smaller portions everyday instead of the miss a day method, it’s just what we found works for her, she’s definitely not going hungry us doing it like that, as much as she hops straight on her salad, she’s happy grazing on it throughout the day, not devouring all at once and sometimes she leaves a bit.
Moving forward I’m wanting to buy her some prickly pear cactus pads, as and when I can😊I’m working on sourcing more safe weeds and wildflowers to forage, and definitely want to get into growing some of our own! Might make a separate thread when the time comes to that cause I’d be curious to hear what people’s red foots have found most palatable off the list of plants and flowers that grow best in our uk climate.
Below I’ve come up with a rough diet plan for what a typical two weeks might look like, I’ve wanted to bare in mind what they are able to find at the supermarket and bare cost in mind too as it’s not me buying her food lol.
It’s possible I’ve even over thought the diet plan and it could be scaled back? In which case I’m super happy to hear suggestions/adjustments you’d personally make!😊im curious if I’ve got those ratios at a safe level?
Overall what would you change?
She’s been enjoying her new upgrade we managed to get all up and running with help from lots of you guys on here! Been exploring and chowing down, her usual cute little self, seems to have settled right in🥰
Look forward to hearing back on this thread, all the best guys😁