Training a Sulcata to eat Hay

[rearlpettway]

Training a Sulcata to eat hay:

Here is how we got Kendall to eat hay when she was a hatchling.
1. We cut up Timothy hay and orchard hay with scissors into very small pieces.
2. Placed the chopped hay in a blender and blended until it is a powder.
3. Soaked the blended hay in water for 10 minutes.
4. Drained off the excess water.
5. Chopped up "Spring Mix" greens or any greens that you have available with scissors into very small pieces. Chop the greens as small as possible so that the Sulcata can't pick the greens out of the hay.
6. Mixed the chopped hay with the chopped "Spring Mix" greens or any greens that you have available. Mix very well.
7. Give it to your tortoise.
One day I put the soaked hay in the enclosure before I added the greens and Kendall ate the entire pile of hay. With that said, it works very well at getting a Sulcata to eat hay.


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[dmmj]

trickry the best way to get them to eat it, kudos.

 

[DeanS]

Then again...there's always these

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/tortoise-lasagne.19944/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/tortoise-meatballs.39021/

Nice job, btw!

 

[Laura]

how old is your tortoise? young one don't tend to eat hay.. but its awesome when the big guys do! I mix it with greens, they accidently eat it and learn to know its food!

 

[rearlpettway]

Kendall is 2 year old and has and has been eating hay since she was1 month old.


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