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[Frase]

but who wants to take advice from a member with such a name as yours ??

[AnythingWithAShell]

Originally Posted by Frase

but who wants to take advice from a member with such a name as yours ??

Well, I thought your name must be Fraser, but it's Matt....explain?

Mine's pretty self explanatory.

[Frase]

this name, i will have to PM you for me thinks it was used longtime ago for other things, now its just short and easy to remember.

not to mention the fact theres a few people called matt in the forum.

[AnythingWithAShell]

True, but you could have chosen Impatience as your username

I usually just use my actual name for everything, but this popped into my head when I registered here, and it just had to be.

[Frase]

maybe i should go make a new allias...anythingwithashellsnemisis?

or DawnsCryptonite....

[blazingtortoise]

Originally Posted by Denise_russ@hotmail.co.uk

Yippee! got my new vacum today, its a vax bright green, ok going back to giving my redfooted tortoise things that are high in protein, did i read pinky mice? Yuk... Havent heard about using chicken before, have read people giving theirs dog food but dont think thats a good idea, might try prawns.... Any other suggestions would be most welcome

I occasionally feed rat pups to the adults as they go down in one go. Waxworms and meal worms are also good, you can also gut load them with calcium/vitamins. Other things people use are tortoise pellets, diet cat food, small amounts of boiled egg or chicken and garden worms. I wouldn't feed small ones rodents, no need to see one getting mashed by a hungry tortoise. Just stuff thats easy to go down in one beakfull. Snails are also an option but can be messy. I wouldn't feed them wet dog or cat food of any type and any pellets you choose to feed would need to be moistened beforehand.

[84KB11]

Originally Posted by Denise_russ@hotmail.co.uk

I just realised some1 else from my neck of the woods, good old Gloucester lol

I'm just down the road from you in Dursley.
Its a small world isn't it!

[Denise aka Martini]

Dursley! oh cool yeah not a million miles away

[Denise aka Martini]

If im already dusting my tortoises food with nutrobol is it still worth keeping some limestone powder in their houses for them, dont suppose it matters or does it?

[84KB11]

Nutrobal is only 20% calcium, so I always provide a dish of limestone flour for them also.

Also, you can overdose Nutrobal, which in turn will cause renal/hepatic faliure and possibly death.
This is more likely in species kept under high UV, as you can cause vitamin D3 overdose (see notes on the tub).