how much food how often?

[REXANNismyprettygirl]

Hey Everyone

So I am wondering what is the proper amount of food for Rexann? Right now I am feeding her a plate of greens and carrots in the morning and again at night with a little fruit added in. Our backyard is total desert landscape so she isnt grazing at all during the day. She doesnt finish 100% of her meal at either feeding.

I give her three large leaves (all torn up), a generous pinch of carrots, and just a few bits of fruit in the evening only.

Also, I will be planting grass for her when the seed packets arrive. I bought organic dirt today for planting them all in and she will have a little grassy patch for her grazing pleasure.

Thanks!
Trinity

 

[Kristina]

Limit the fruit. Once a day is probably too much. Once a week is more than enough, once a month is better.

I would back off on the carrots as well. A little bit is good, but not too much, and not every day. Leafy greens and hay, bermuda or orchard grass is great. The best place to get it is at a feed store. Horse hay is generally cleaner. You can soak it a bit or at least wet it to make it more appetizing in the beginning. Whole summer squashes go over VERY well

I feed as much as they eat, to be honest. If she isn't cleaning it up, give a little less. Once you get to a place where she is leaving just a TEENY bit, that is where I would call it good

 

[DonaTello's-Mom]

I feed my juvie sully twice a day. As far as fruit goes, it's only given as a treat. The main diet should be greens and grasses. I feed mine 'spring mix' from the grocery store and mazuri 3x's a week mixed with the spring mix. I also pick weeds (from my lawn) to add to the mix as well. Some days he eats like a pig and other days he just picks at it......veggies I feed maybe once a week.

 

[REXANNismyprettygirl]

Limit the fruit. Once a day is probably too much. Once a week is more than enough, once a month is better.

I would back off on the carrots as well. A little bit is good, but not too much, and not every day. Leafy greens and hay, bermuda or orchard grass is great. The best place to get it is at a feed store. Horse hay is generally cleaner. You can soak it a bit or at least wet it to make it more appetizing in the beginning. Whole summer squashes go over VERY well

I feed as much as they eat, to be honest. If she isn't cleaning it up, give a little less. Once you get to a place where she is leaving just a TEENY bit, that is where I would call it good

She absolutely snubs the orchard grass... is there a way to make it more appealing to her? Or do the different kinds taste different maybe? Not I think you have tried them... but you know

 

[DonaTello's-Mom]

Cut it into small pieces and mix it with her other food. Mine loves it now but in the beginning he wouldn't eat it either.

 

[Kristina]

Not I think you have tried them... but you know

Well, actually... you would be surprised. But let's not go there...

Have you soaked it? Try warm water, just shy of boiling. I cut it up with a pair of scissors, put it in a bowl, heat the teakettle and pour the water over the grass, and then dump the water off right away. It softens it and brings out the aroma.

 

[REXANNismyprettygirl]

Not I think you have tried them... but you know

Well, actually... you would be surprised. But let's not go there...

Have you soaked it? Try warm water, just shy of boiling. I cut it up with a pair of scissors, put it in a bowl, heat the teakettle and pour the water over the grass, and then dump the water off right away. It softens it and brings out the aroma.


I will try that today! Thank you!!

And if you ever have me over for dinner I am going to check my salad for orchard grass!!

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Use squash as a treat, stop with the fruit it's bad for them. Their kidneys can't process sugar so you need to stop with the fruit.

 

[REXANNismyprettygirl]

Use squash as a treat, stop with the fruit it's bad for them. Their kidneys can't process sugar so you need to stop with the fruit.

I have heard a lot about cactus fruit and watermellon... are these both bad as well?

 

[DonaTello's-Mom]

Cactus is good and loaded with calcium. Watermellon they love too but should be just a treat too.

 

[Yvonne G]

You will see quite a few pictures of "squash-faced" and "melon-faced" sulcatas. That's not because they're fed a lot of squash and melon, its because they look so darned cute with that mess all over their faces. Actually those sulcatas are only fed squash and melon as an occasional treat. Not an every day treat either.