Cuttlefish bone

[TiffytheTort]

Tiffy my Hermann tort will not eat cuttlefish bone. She has calcium dust fine. Any ideas?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You can scrape some powder off the cuttlebone and sprinkle that dust on food.
Sometimes tortoise will ignore them for months...Then one day decide to eat a whole one.
Keep one in the enclosure. Change it for a fresh one if it gets nasty.
Bird stores often sell broken ones for cheap.
Broken ones are still good.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

 

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I don't know I am sure I say a tortoise fishing once. It even had some cuddle fish on a stringer. I think it smoked the fish though for winter. Good point and kudos for explaining it logically. Luckily my sulcata started eating the cuddle-bone the day I put it in the box with him. I still give powder once a week in his food for now. Still only just around month old.

 

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Would adult tortoises eat the eggshell without grinding it up. I am truely curious it sounds right.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Would adult tortoises eat the eggshell without grinding it up. I am truely curious it sounds right.

I grind it in to a powder for all of my torts cause I don't want any sharp edges ! But a lot of people crush boiled eggs for the red foot torts !

 

[TiffytheTort]

Would adult tortoises eat the eggshell without grinding it up. I am truely curious it sounds right.

It's not supposed to be good for torts. I don't recommend it.

 

[Yvonne G]

It's not supposed to be good for torts. I don't recommend it.

I feed hard boiled eggs, shells and all, to my Manouria, RF and YF tortoises. Have been doing it for many years.

I put it whole on the feeding tile, then I mash it with the heel of my hand.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

It's not supposed to be good for torts. I don't recommend it.

I've been raising torts for 17 years . I have leopard torts , Marginals, Russian , Greek , Egyptians, pancakes , Herrmans, AZ Desert torts , and 2 types of box turtles ! Please tell us your qualifications or is it that your just guessing.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

 

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I grind it in to a powder for all of my torts cause I don't want any sharp edges ! But a lot of people crush boiled eggs for the red foot torts !

Yeah and we harvest our eggs from our own chickens. So less chance of foreign chemicals or additives. We do however still use feed from store. So who knows if we are doing any better...

 

[Liamo]

Dear Tortoise fans,

I am pretty new to tortoise keeping and I am concerned about Terry getting enough calcium. I have bough some cuttlebone and I am wondering if it is ok if I kind of shave pieces off the cuttlebone in like a powder form and into his food? Would this be an ok way to get some calcium into him?

Cheers

 

[TiffytheTort]

A friend told me.i have no idea if she's right or not

 

[TiffytheTort]

Said there's a risk of salmonella contamination. Please tell me if I'm wrong or not. Organic is fine. That's what she told me anyway @Grandpa Turtle 144

 

[Russian Tortoise Lover!]

Hi! I have had this concern too, they should chew it but if you don't see that I don't see what's wrong with shaving it as long as your tortoise eats it. You could also let it dissolve in its bath. Then it would soak into him. Good luck!

 

[TiffytheTort]

And my tort hated it. Kept headbutting it so I bought cuttle fish bones.

 

[Yvonne G]

Dear Tortoise fans,

I am pretty new to tortoise keeping and I am concerned about Terry getting enough calcium. I have bough some cuttlebone and I am wondering if it is ok if I kind of shave pieces off the cuttlebone in like a powder form and into his food? Would this be an ok way to get some calcium into him?

Cheers

Yes,it's perfectly fine to shave crumbs off the cuttlebone for your tortoise.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Said there's a risk of salmonella contamination. Please tell me if I'm wrong or not. Organic is fine. That's what she told me anyway @Grandpa Turtle 144

Do you get salmonella from handling eggs or feeding eggs to your family or torts ? Tell your friend thank you for her advice but she don't know torts . Have a great day ! And now you know where bad advice comes from !

 

[TiffytheTort]

Do you get salmonella from handling eggs or feeding eggs to your family or torts ? Tell your friend thank you for her advice but she don't know torts . Have a great day ! And now you know where bad advice comes from !

Thx for advice

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Would the hard boiling of the eggs stop any salmonella risk? I simply don't know.
But I do know that in my 52 years of eating eggs, I haven't gotten ill.