Sulcatta growth and food

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Posted by David on July 03, 2000 at 04:39:40:

Hello everyone my name is David and I have had my sulcatta for one year, it doesn't look like it has grown much and I have been feeding it a mixture of mostly grocery store produce such as endive, napa cabbage, kale and salad from packages and roses and some weeds and grass when I occasional go home twice a month. I would like to know what would be a normal or average size of a one year old sulcatta and how often and much it should be fed? I don't use anything to measure how much I feed it but I estimate how much it needs to eat and feed it that way. The shell has not pyramided but is that due to the age that it is at. I am confused about what to feed it since I read that you need to have about 70% of the diet consisting of high fiber food but I have been following the chart for Marissa's (I think that is her name) homepage. I do believe that it is showing some signs of growth since the ridges on the shell have widened and it nails have also grown longer.
Thanks much for your help David

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: Hello everyone my name is David and I have had my sulcatta for one year, it doesn't look like it has grown much and I have been feeding it a mixture of mostly grocery store produce such as endive, napa cabbage, kale and salad from packages and roses and some weeds and grass when I occasional go home twice a month. I would like to know what would be a normal or average size of a one year old sulcatta and how often and much it should be fed? I don't use anything to measure how much I feed it but I estimate how much it needs to eat and feed it that way. The shell has not pyramided but is that due to the age that it is at. I am confused about what to feed it since I read that you need to have about 70% of the diet consisting of high fiber food but I have been following the chart for Marissa's (I think that is her name) homepage. I do believe that it is showing some signs of growth since the ridges on the shell have widened and it nails have also grown longer. : Thanks much for your help David

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