TiffytheTort
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Tiffy my Hermann tort will not eat cuttlefish bone. She has calcium dust fine. Any ideas?
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.
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 !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.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.
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.It's not supposed to be good for torts. I don't recommend it.
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...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 !
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
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 !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
Thx for adviceDo 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 !