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I work with them, so eventually my clients gave me some! I was taking care of 24 newborn phrynops geophranus!! and my girlfriend has a trachemys dorbigni

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I have 2 testudo horsfiledii.

I feed:
mustard greens
collard greens
turnip greens
kale
dandelion greens
wild grasses (NO PESTICIDE/HERBICIDE)

My friend has a large sulcata, he feeds the same but supplements with timothy hay, started by soaking it and mixing w/ greens, but now he eats it dry
 
demandor said:
I have 2 testudo horsfiledii.

I feed:
mustard greens
collard greens
turnip greens
kale
dandelion greens
wild grasses (NO PESTICIDE/HERBICIDE)

My friend has a large sulcata, he feeds the same but supplements with timothy hay, started by soaking it and mixing w/ greens, but now he eats it dry
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EXCELLENT SELECTION OF LEAFY GREENS:clap

get some veggies in there too,

try:

turnips
yams
squashes
carrots
potato
green beans
alfalfa(mature alfalfa, not sprouts)
sweet potatos
mushrooms
bell peppers

and some fruit also, fruit is like candy to tortoises:naughty:
 
DeLgAdO said:
and some fruit also, fruit is like candy to tortoises:naughty:
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Yep, mine used to go nuts for chopped apple.
 
yeah, fruits and veggies are tasty, but how much of that is availble in the wild? Also most don't have good Ca:P ratios. I feed my torts like tiny cold-blooded cows, they are fermentive digesters.

Also:
UVB is super important, the best lights are mega-ray from www.reptileuv.com
 
demandor said:
yeah, fruits and veggies are tasty, but how much of that is availble in the wild? Also most don't have good Ca:P ratios. I feed my torts like tiny cold-blooded cows, they are fermentive digesters.

Also:
UVB is super important, the best lights are mega-ray from www.reptileuv.com
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its important to have a balnce in the diet

all of that doesnt and shouldnt be fed at once

mix it up, have different things on different days to keep it interesting and balanced nutritionally.

they may not have the proper calcium ratio, but you dont feed it everyday and they have other essential vitamins and minerals.

remeber to always supliment with calcium. t-rex makes two forms of calcium

theres the micro stick powder and CALCI-YUMS tablets, both are a pure soarce of calcium carbonate.

and yes those UVB rays are essential for calcium absorption.

but you also need other vitamin to help utilize it, so a multi vitamin suppliment is nessessary too.
 
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