The stuff I have is very invasive. If the tortoises don't eat it, it gets out of control.
I guess the colon comes up as a pink smiley tongue out face, I sought to use the colon for the ratio of calcium to phosphorus.
Pretty much anything a sully and eat a leopard can and vice versaCan sulcatas eat it? I have two sulcatas and I was wondering if they could eat it. I know leopard tortoises can but not sure about sulcatas. Please Help.
This would be a challenge even for your army of aldabra's. eBay.Has anyone had any exposure or experience with elephant grass? I have contacted almost every local plant nursery, either they never heard of it and/or have no idea where to get it. From what i understand it is a fantastic food source for tortoises. Any information and opinions welcome. If i find a source to get some i am going to try and grow/feed it to my aldabra group.
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http://www.feedipedia.org/node/12365 It seems it's also called Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is the best cross reference I get for a latin name. Calciumhosphorus ratio is mediocre based on the data set at the website posted here. Great for digestable matter and fiber content though.
Hmm I always thought it was illegal to ship elephant grass to az since it is so invasive.(at least what another company told me) Glad to hear you will ship to us down here! Probably order in the spring! Thanks!What we sell is dwarf elephant grass. The tortoises like eatung it better than the regular and it does not grow out of control like the tall stuff. It doesn't not survive well in areas which receive freezing temperatures.
We are currently sold out of plants we can ship to CA, AZ, LA, and TX - but will be sterile propagating more soon. It doesn't grow well from seed for us, so we only sell sterile propagated plants to the states mentioned above or root divisions to other states.
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What we sell is dwarf elephant grass. The tortoises like eatung it better than the regular and it does not grow out of control like the tall stuff. It doesn't not survive well in areas which receive freezing temperatures.
We are currently sold out of plants we can ship to CA, AZ, LA, and TX - but will be sterile propagating more soon. It doesn't grow well from seed for us, so we only sell sterile propagated plants to the states mentioned above or root divisions to other states.
sulcatafood.com