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This is what our member has to say: I'm not sure how big he is, but go to your local feed store and buy some Timothy or Alfalfa hay. The bulk of their ...


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 I helped move the meter!   03-11-2006, 04:22 AM
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I'm not sure how big he is, but go to your local feed store and buy some Timothy or Alfalfa hay. The bulk of their diet should be dry hay; this will help keep their stool solid... as it dries, it will actually look similar to horse's stool. The greens can be fed a couple times a week. You want to be careful about too much fruit... they love it, but it will wind up disturbing the gut-flora balance.

There are a few great Sulcata books available; I'll get the names of them from my mother and let you know.

There are diet issues that will contribute to pyramiding of the scutes, I'll try to remember what those were too. A sulcata's shell should be fairly smooth with individual scutes staying pretty flat.
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I would REALLY appreciate the names of the books. The books I have came across are stupid & NOT much help.
I do have Alfalfa for him but he doesn't touch it. Maybe I will give him NO other options for a few days & see what happens??????
Peak-a-Boo is just a little smaller then the palm of my hand & his shell is PERFECT, I REALLY want to keep it that way

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 I helped move the meter!   03-12-2006, 02:28 AM
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I did a google search for Timothy Hay; Kaytee has it in small bags. Here's the link: http://www.kaytee.com/products/search/?pid=00811

Maybe Peek-a-Boo would like it better than alfalfa?
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I bought Timothy hay & @ least Peak-a-Boo took a couple bites of that. I think today I will not give him anything but the hay & see if he will eat it. I hope that he does!

 


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