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Old 21-12-2010, 02:38 AM   #11
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My 2 don't eat limestone flour or blocks
they just pumle it to the floor
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Old 26-02-2011, 12:39 PM   #12
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i have tried this and my three love them, even the one that will not eat cuttlefish. thanks for the recipe
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Old 26-02-2011, 01:18 PM   #13
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That's great to hear.

I've made quite a few of these blocks since posting but i keep forgetting to take pictures of the tortoises eating them
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Old 26-02-2011, 02:05 PM   #14
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Mine love it, excellent idea. They seem to crave it. Thanks for the idea.
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Old 20-03-2011, 05:48 PM   #15
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Mine never ate cuttlefish until Lynne (of Duncton Tortoises) told me to try soaking it. I tried it and Dorothy started munching on it straight away! she ate a fair chunk then I took it out... is too much bad for them?
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Old 19-04-2011, 09:16 PM   #16
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this thread is amazing-so useful and easy to read, thank you so so much
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Old 13-06-2011, 09:51 PM   #17
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I love the idea of this, but mine just crumble to dust as soon as they're dry! How do you avoid this?

Does anyone know what classroom chalk is made from? It's clearly calcium carbonate, but has anything else been added?
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Old 26-08-2011, 12:25 PM   #18
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Great idea! I'll definitely be trying this...

Can you feed your tortoise too much calcium?
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Old 11-04-2012, 09:22 PM   #19
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Thanks so much, Herpard. Ive just wasted hard earned cash on calcium block. It came in the post and looked like a green bar of soap. I thought I would nt know what to do with it Cut it up feed it on a spoon or what?? So I put it in the outdoor closure whilst Trot was sunbathing this afto. He's so used to my visits he thought he d take a look - then no weeds he thought and carried on sunbathing. At that point I got in with him and tried the food teasing thing - He looked bored but checked it out just to give me the benifit of the doubt. After sniffing it he went to the toilet most ungraciously as if to say - "Well I told you I didnt want it"
So I thought if I could only make it without that colouring and cacti additive etc. So thanks I just need the limestone flour.
By the way this is nt the first time I ve tried calcium. I used to spray it. That put him off weeds, Then tried cuttlefish - that made him heave and me. Also calcium sand which he sunbathed in. So you see it s not easy.Oh and the crushed egg shells drove me crazy.Amph

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Old 11-04-2012, 09:36 PM   #20
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Herpard since yours is a welsh tortoise too I trust your homemade cacium treats will work on mine. I live in mid Wales near Barmouth so Trot the tort gets lots of sun! Amph55
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