I know there has been many debates about the use of commercial diets so I thought I would start one here.
Do you use commercial diets with your torts? If so, what type of tortoise are you feeding and what diet it use? Is the commercial food the main diet or just a suppliment? Those would just be a few questions to start with.
My own story pertaining to Repcal tortoise pellets and a sulcata.
My first ever tortoise was a 4" sulcata. The internet at that time was not very helpful as far as diets went so I consulted my vet. He was a big believer in Repcal tortoise pellets so he told me to feed that.
Okay, so I left pellets in front of this sulcata 24/7 and would occasionaly give greens so he could eat something different. To make a long story short, a year later, he was, I beleive 9" long. By the time I sold him, which was 2 years later, he was, if I remember correctly, 19" and 50lbs. Those figures may be off, but it is close.
Needless to say, the commercial diet made him grow FAST, but there was never any health issues to speak of. Very minimal pyramiding and he was never sick. Of course, I have learned since then never to leave it in the pens all day and all night.
What is the moral of that story, there isn't one, I just wanted to tell it.
ARKelly
Do you use commercial diets with your torts? If so, what type of tortoise are you feeding and what diet it use? Is the commercial food the main diet or just a suppliment? Those would just be a few questions to start with.
My own story pertaining to Repcal tortoise pellets and a sulcata.
My first ever tortoise was a 4" sulcata. The internet at that time was not very helpful as far as diets went so I consulted my vet. He was a big believer in Repcal tortoise pellets so he told me to feed that.
Okay, so I left pellets in front of this sulcata 24/7 and would occasionaly give greens so he could eat something different. To make a long story short, a year later, he was, I beleive 9" long. By the time I sold him, which was 2 years later, he was, if I remember correctly, 19" and 50lbs. Those figures may be off, but it is close.
Needless to say, the commercial diet made him grow FAST, but there was never any health issues to speak of. Very minimal pyramiding and he was never sick. Of course, I have learned since then never to leave it in the pens all day and all night.
What is the moral of that story, there isn't one, I just wanted to tell it.
ARKelly