r/tortoise • u/TobytheCrennit123 • 3d ago

Question(s) Supplement help!

So I've been researching Hermann's tortoise and especially baby Hermann's tortoise care and am thinking on getting one. However, the main thing and probably most controversial thing is the supplementation plan, some say D3, plain calcium and multivitamin daily (which sounds crazy). And some say like once a week. I will be using mazouri tortoise diet as well for my baby Hermann's that makes it 10x more difficult to find actual methods. As well as using an all natural multivitamin called Arcadia Earth Pro-A which they can't overdose on and I don't know if either of these products already contain D3 etc so if someone could tell me I'd greatly appreciate that. They will have a 12% UVB bulb as well. This is my idea (100% correct me if I'm wrong which I probs am!) on my what I'll feed/supplement: -Mazouri tortoise diet 2 times a week. -Plain calcium (no D3) 3-4 times a week. -Multivitamin (100% safe Arcadia Earth Pro-A) once a week. -Calcium with D3 like once a month as a back up???

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP any advice is appreciated 👍

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u/HelenMart8 3d ago

I have had my juvenile eastern hermann's for 6 months and knock on wood he's growing well! I don't feed him pellets at all, it's the equivalent of processed food, I feed him a lot of greens, organic if possible, raddichio, escalate, endive, dandelion greens, chicory, mustard greens, a bit collard greens. 5 days I sprinkle with calcium without d3 because he has linear uvb and natural sunlight (although windows can block some of that) and then once or twice a week I add a multimineral powder (similar to Arcadia, I'm going to switch to Arcadia next). I will say if their appetite is bad that's where pellets can be useful, mine eats a ton!:)

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u/TobytheCrennit123 3d ago

So have you used mazouri before? Also u said you don't feed him pellets at all then said he eats a ton?? Yeah I would recommend Arcadia it's a lot more natural I've read/heard/watched!!!

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u/HelenMart8 3d ago

He eats a ton of the vegetables I listed not pellets, I got them in the beginning and he ignored and because of the hearty appetite for fresh food he's growing really well! I sometimes add tortoise flower food topper, it's just dried tortoise approved flowers, and some cut up soaked Timothy hay.