My Feeding Schedule for Turtles & Tortoise (Important INFO here!)

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[@TheHeadown]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate all the videos Kenan has managed to record himself? Amazing.

[@k8h991]

Bro, furreal

[@reptilemetaljen]

True lol

[@marandamartin9377]

Yes! Agree!

[@fabo1220]

RIP Fred! Sending all love to Fred's Family. Was always great seeing you with all your animals.. Thanks Kenan for sharing all Fred's Greatness...

[@wendigolycan]

I was really hoping you're gonna address Fred Grunwald's passing ...😔 But I'm sure that video is coming, this one might not even be filmed this month, only uploaded now to keep the channel going. Really grateful to both you and Chandler for introducing Fred in our lives, through your channels! He was an amazing man. It's still hard to comprehend he's gone...

[@mommadeth3066]

I think it would be more appropriate to wait for the family to say something first. Considering it's just been close friends who have said something. That and a random video with it in the title. Not saying it's not true but it's just giving grieving time for the family

[@laurarobinson6436]

I agree with both comments but I feel now it needs mentioned as he had alot fans whe really loved Fred and I would love to pay respect and would like to know if all his animals have to be moved as the licences would be in his name

[@mommadeth3066]

@@laurarobinson6436 that kind of thing would take a bit of time to figure out. Totally agree with the fan part. People have been on chandlers new video sending him prayers. He looks a bit exhausted. And he did heart a comment about the topic.

[@scottkline2539]

Brother thoughts and prayers to all of Fred's family and friends, you made Fred a friend of ours over the years thank you..any thing you might need just ask...

[@valleta7588]

Remember that these videos are usually filmed in advance. I’m sure this man is grieving right now. He doesn’t owe anyone anything.

[@bhutch216]

TOM!!!!!!!!! It’s great to hear your voice again. Thank you for allowing Kenan to use both hands again.

[@KampKenan]

Lol thanks Bob!

[@bhutch216]

@@KampKenan you have been missed.

[@user-tj6ot7tw8g]

@@KampKenan you never tried any turtle soup? 🍲 they very delicious.

[@jebVlogs556]

@@KampKenan Kamp Kenan: "You,knoooow you go out here,and spinkle it like THIS and THAT.. 😂😂" .. Thom: "But theres 32 😰.. How do you know you got Enough?" me: 🙄 just give me the whole bag!!

[@AquaTechResources]

Sorry to hear about Fred, Kennan. I thank you for bringing him to many of us. He will be greatly missed.

[@dawnwesterbeck346]

What happened?

[@spda242]

I just heard about Freds passing. He was such an amazing friend of the channel. I just want pass my condolences to Freds family and friend 💐 Fred will be missed, RIP 😢

[@talltraveler82]

Quite happy the dynamic duo is able to be back together finally! Good to hear the back and forth. I'm sure Kenan feels less crazy actually being able to talk to someone... besides the camera haha

[@TheArmoTrader]

For those who started following last year, I've only ever seen Kenan film by himself. Is Tom hired crew? Friend? Family member? What's the background on him? Etc

[@talltraveler82]

@@TheArmoTrader Tom and Kenan used to work in TV together when Kenan was doing sports commentating

[@TheArmoTrader]

@@talltraveler82 awesome. Thanks

[@rottweilerfun9520]

Man , I love the plants in the landscape. This place is basically paradise.

[@iAmAlexFood]

As I am reading the comments, I've noticed many people mentioning Fred's passing. This man was such an unbelievable human being, who put in so much hardwork and love into all the animals he had cared for.

[@loriw2661]

Good to have Tom back to help you! I could hear Darwin breathing when you got the close up. So cool! What am I going to do now? Spot clean my Ball Pythons enclosure and give fresh water. Great video Kenan! 🦎🐢❤️🦎🐢

[@bundleviews489]

RIP 🙏🏽🙏🏽to Fred

[@campo7622]

Or wow toms back ... Hi tom ..we have missed you 👍👍👍👍

[@marilynbentley4110]

My condolences to you for the loss of your dear friend Fred. He will be sorely missed. 🙏🏻🙏🏻💕

[@plankface]

The Lola head bob like she’s saying “sup?” Is everything 💚💚💚

[@dianep3071]

Them big guys. I’d be sitting petting them all day they are just to cute

[@cartilagehead6326]

I personally don’t think the “five minute” rule is a good rule of thumb for herbivorous reptiles, hay eating torts, etc. Pretty much across the animal kingdom, herbivores-and especially grazing herbivores-are gonna be eating constantly. Leafy plants aren’t particularly nutrient or calorie-dense, animals that have adapted to eating them have to eat a LOT of them to stay healthy. Animals that eat hay/vegetation/grass/etc should always have free access to some basic form of that food source, be it a hay bale or a yard full of clean grass. Kenan’s herbivorous and omnivorous torts live outside and have free access to vegetation in their enclosures and the occasional protein snack from the local bug population. But somebody keeping a turtle or tortoise at home should compensate for that lack of available environmental food. IE- I might take away a tort’s pellets or mealworms after 5-10 min, but I wouldn’t take their plate of leafy greens.

[@debzacher1332]

He was just saying he would take away the pellets, but he doesn’t do that with greens. He leaves it in there and I have seen videos where he took it away the next day. He also said he throws things in there like the cactus to supplement their diet.

[@ChrisTesch87]

He also limits the amout of Tortoise feed due to the fact its extremely nutrient rich. They could graze all day and never recieve the same amount of nutrients than they get with "5 minutes" of the pellets.

[@cartilagehead6326]

@@debzacher1332 yep. This isn’t meant as a criticism of Kenan, just pointing out that the things he does with his breeding colonies in his outdoor enclosures in Florida need to be adapted to your specific animals’ needs and environment

[@k8h991]

It’s all relative

[@bhutch216]

He said that so I’m not sure what the point of this is.

[@leebass4833]

Thanks Kenan and Tom never gets old seeing the animals loved watching this video

[@anthonybowers6024]

The video I want to see is Kenan filming Tom going on the Kamp Kenan tour, & being reintroduced to all the animals. That's what I would like to see.

[@pop867]

I am sure you thought of this but you could screw the tray to a box that is maybe 2 inches off the ground so they don't eat off the floor.

[@NoLoveLostNJ]

I was expecting a Fred tribute video today - RIP FRED. So sad.

[@Trick-Framed]

i LOVE that Guapo and Lola greet people with head nods. It's awesome.

[@tanyabattaglia93]

I got my 7 and 9 year old their first tortoise and pet 2 years ago for christmas! We love him so much

[@_Oscar326]

Always entertained. Always educated. Thanks Kenan!

[@kotix720p9]

Love you kenan and its great to hear tom asking questions

[@RandomRaymo]

Tom had good questions and good point of view for the us. Glad to have some help for the kamp 👍🏼

[@moaireptiles5785]

I,m so happy to here Tom interact with you.

[@jamesbosslet994]

Thanks for sharing, so sorry to hear about Fred, thank you for introducing us to that amazing man/hero!! I live in Minnesota, don't own any Turtles or Tortoise, due to weather/space requirements, which is why i enjoy watching your channel so much,

[@renees766]

14:36 LOVE the Jurassic Park reference!

[@gregkopp5002]

I’m always a tad bit paranoid about dehydration so I always soak the zoomed pellets before feeding. I do this with any dry pelleted diet I feed. Started it when our torts/turtles were babies and simply never stopped. Gives me peace of mind.

[@tracym6297]

I'm with you. I soak any pellets I feed to the tortoises. It's just what I do.

[@bluedeva]

Nice to hear your voice again Tom, hope you and Kenan had plenty of fun catching up again 🤗🤗

[@calmdownref]

Its great to see Tom back. Kenan really needed your help this past year. I'm Glad your doing well Tom good to hear your voice again on the channel

[@srrfounder1]

Great info, Kenan, thank you! 😊

[@sayurikitamura7109]

Such a satisfying video!

[@maniatikoleal]

Im glad Tom is back !

[@staceyroberts3468]

So great to see Tom back at the kamp w ya 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@kurtharveysampang3340]

I have watched your vids since i was in high school and i finally have my first sulcata now

[@chadstoudt2580]

Its nice when tom is there. When he asks questions it helps extract more knowledge that you might other wise think to explain.

[@thecatsmeow9972]

I love seeing your video pop up, if I don’t I’m watching old ones ❤️❤️

[@erineccentric5810]

I am really lucky I grew up in a family that loved animals. My first reptile was a leopard gecko named spike. I've had several reptiles since then and now I have crested geckos and my first snake! I got a hognose snake and he's my baby. Shh don't tell my dog.

[@Annie-jp7yr]

This was such a great video so much I have learnt that I never knew

[@danthetortoiseman]

This time of year I feed mine a mix of Mazuri and leafy greens three times per week. During the warm months they mostly eat whatever is in the yard and supplement their diet more sparingly. I am fortunate that mine now live outside year-round.

[@annebigelow4096]

I so enjoy your programs! Glad to see Tom back. I get my reptile fix through your channel and a few others- Snake Discovery, Clint's Reptiles, Chandlers Wild Life, And Dav Kaufman. Without all you great folks out there the world would be a much sadder place! Thank you for what you do!

[@marandamartin9377]

Thank you for showing me what to feed my inherited Sulcata. I am clinging to your videos lately. I am so grateful for every video you put out!

[@aronoiiel]

I really love that all your cumulative videos you can see the variety you feed your animals. Its so crucial to have variety and really mammals have this ingrained need to eat every day thing it just doesnt fit for herps. Technically humans dont need food evedyfay either. Its really interesting and important to moderate and get variety for everythjng

[@edhart5745]

Sneak peak at Slinky’s enclosure lol

[@neilhogarth8449]

Very interesting Kenan thanks 😊

[@michaellindsey1543]

OMG! That hand wave is so Forrest Gump!!!! LOL

[@Aussieknuckleheads]

I've got an eastern long neck turtle he gets fish,mussels, yabbies & worms. Love your channel it's been great to watch it & your collection grow 😊

[@katehuffman2252]

Feeding videos are my favorite !!

[@networkanimals6343]

Fab Video Kenan! Always love watching your video's. Tortoise's are amazing animals

[@Trick-Framed]

Thank you Robert Muldoon...(Bob Peck).

[@jamileann626]

as far as reptiles I have a red ear slider, yellow belly slider, 2 ball pythons and 2 leopard geckos I have lots of other animals to take care as well and I really enjoy it and after feeding my 5 horses I like to sit in the pasture and just watch them graze it's best feeling ever

[@k8h991]

Dude, y’all are great

[@Wolfpug]

Welcome back, Tom! It is fun watching Kenan feed the critters, but it is also difficult sometimes doing it 1 handed while trying to record as well. I only have a Pug dog now, but in my younger yrs I had a Mexican Red-Legged Tarantula & an Old World Scorpion. They were fun to watch eat. They both ate crickets from the pet store. While working at a pet store, I bred the rats & mice for feeding to not only our snakes & lizards, but for sale to other snake & reptile owners. My grandson had a big Paint Turtle someone got from a pond & gave it to him. Eventually he tired of it & we gave it to a Reptile Store.

[@taeviansworldofreptiles3828]

Welcome back Tom!!!!

[@artandmorewithrachelnicole]

Keep up the awesome videos 😊

[@freemanslot]

Tom is so useful!

[@jynx78m86]

Welcome back Tom, we missed you

[@hillarytrump9146]

Awesome yard is an understatement, it's A paradise!

[@AceMfKNinja]

so cool to see Tom back again. Awesome video btw :D

[@AceMfKNinja]

Tom so steady with the camera angles too great Reptile Content

[@saltcityreptileranch]

Tom's back!! Welcome back! Hope you're doing well

[@NemiDK81]

Clever girl. Hi Tom, welcome back!

[@fabo1220]

And Wooooooooooo Tom is Back💪

[@onlyjuan100]

TOM!!! Welcome back!

[@daledeweese4885]

Kenan, my boys love your channel and bug me all day long about going to visit you and the turtles. Lol I bought my boys 2 sulcatas and they love them. My 5 year old seen 2 Hermann tortoises at the pet store 2 weeks ago and he ask me for money everyday so I give him my change everyday so he can save up to buy some more lol. But man they love your channel. We also live in FL

[@KampKenan]

Thats amazing, thanks for the family support!!!🤠

[@martinpace1392]

Great job man. I'm currently keeping a Asian water monitor (sumbawa) a pair of ackies and a savanna monitor.

[@austinmcgoldrick4436]

Love the way that Stewart spent the time to TEACH you how to do instead of just coming in and doing it himself. Can’t wait for you to rip out this technique on future builds! :)

[@clearwaterbeachhomesearchm5957]

Welcome back Tom

[@karenthomas2302]

Our 9 torts get mazuri mix mulberry leafs, roses, hibiscus, and lettuce, and we toss in some of the horse and goats alfalfa. lol they love to nibble on that. But right now they are hibernating. (Desert torts tend to do this every winter) and it’s only been a few weeks and I really miss seeing them daily. Cute little buggers. Tfs

[@robertgembala8532]

Another awesome video

[@danareed1656]

welcome back tom!

[@r3ptileguy406]

That last shot with that sulcata was awesome lol

[@amyb5339]

Brian B had garden state tortoise on their podcast 12/10 and they mentioned Fred passing. My deepest condolences to you Kenan, for losing a friend and compatriot. Fred really valued you and the mutual respect was palpable. He had plans for his plans. He never quit moving forward, and he never quit loving reptiles, and he loved sharing that healthy obsession with everyone. I hope his collection is well-stewarded, and I hope he made provisions for his animals. Thank you for all YOU do Kenan.

[@arobbins8755]

Getting a cherry head tortoise from Kenan is on my "to do" list!

[@reptilemetaljen]

What up Tom! lol excellent video!

[@markkintz1786]

Once again Tom asks the relevant question . . . .How do you know how much to feed them? The five minute rule is the first insight I have ever heard of. That is an example of leaders not explaining what thinking they use, but don't share, that makes up their decision making.

[@lieslhemsworth6293]

I wish I could have lots of tortoises as they fascinate me but living in Australia means I can’t. I love living through you 💚

[@floridaLise]

2:25 I LOVE to see hungry tortoises looking up.

[@dman8983]

It’s great to have Tom back. Kenan I have a leopard gecko and I feed him meal worms, crickets, and rare occasions I’ll get him a pack of horn worms as a treat. Would you ever get some leopard geckos or bearded dragons? I’m sure the kids would love them too.

[@tamcsilva]

I feed my animals Mon, Wed, Fri as well. Some are fed some food items twice a week which I do on Mon and Fri.

[@ziggy4465]

I haven’t had any herps for years, but still a fan. I used to keep local turtles (painted and box turtles) frequently. It was kind of a seasonal thing, keep them during the warmer months and then return them to where they were captured. We had a county park nearby that was loaded with wildlife. The painted turtles I would see again frequently, but box turtles are very elusive. I only remember seeing one of the dozens that we released over years again. I never marked them in anyway, but matched up carapace patterns to photos. I also had red-backed salamanders, pickerel frogs, garter snakes, ringneck snakes, milk snakes and brown snakes seasonally. Purchased pets were some newts (Eartern), Western Painted Turtles, a melanistic Eastern Hognose Snake, Canadian Red-Sided Garter Snakes and a Florida Blue-Striped Garter Snake. Contrary to many peoples experiences, the garter snakes were the animals that I had the longest (one for nearly ten years). I used to rear all the food I fed, whether it be earthworms or shiners or toads for the Hognose. The Milk Snakes we’re not kept very long at all, maybe a week or two. Never was able to get any of them to eat, so they were always returned without a meal. The roads were relatively easy to keep, they are very abundant due to the large amount of aquascapes in the neighborhood. I’d scoop them out as tadpoles and feed them pinhead crickets and ants until they were large enough to eat feeder crickets or mealworms. After getting married, spent less time herping until my boys were old enough. We moved to Orlando briefly and they would ask me to get an anole or two off the patio (they were always the invasive brown ones, so I didn’t feel bad bringing them in as pets. That was over 15 years ago and they lost interest in keeping herps. I plan on retiring in less than ten years, so maybe I’ll pick it up again at that point. It can be a time intensive hobby.😁

[@torquess454]

Tom’s back! Hey buddy!! Yea, shed happens

[@sheinz6119]

Well I have a winged, feathered pterodactyl, aka Bird, a Congo African Grey Parrot. She loves her pellets, veggies and a small amount of fruit and nuts, with an occasional treat of a small amount of scrambled egg. I can relate to the feeding schedule, hers is daily, always fresh water. I keep pellets around for her to eat 24/7. She generally eats those first thing in a.m. snacks during day and right before bed. She maintains her weight, keeps beautifully feathered and is quite happy with her food program. Whether it’s a reptile, bird, fish, mammal or whatever, it’s great to have that supervised experience as a child, to learn about the responsibility for another life and the happiness of another creature. A truly good thing for humans to understand that we must be responsible/care for all our environments, ecology, web of life.

[@williamladuzinski9610]

Nice to see good old friends back for few days.spe3king of good friends will u do a video about fred ?

[@AvengerII]

I was curious about this, too. I'm sure there were some arrangements (will, legal document) made for Fred's animals for after he passed away but who knows when we'll hear or see anything about that. It takes months, sometimes over a year, to sort out effects when a family member dies. I asked and someone told me Fred's family was taking care of the animals for the time being. I'm sure they'll probably be dispersed to good new homes but they're obviously NOT all going to the same person! I'd be surprised if Kenan and and Chandler don't end up with some of Fred's animals. Some of them CAN'T be sold and have to be gifted to accredited individuals and organizations -- at least that's my understanding of the law.

[@dasheemcarson7581]

Tom is back 😃💯

[@jop4473]

Absolutely love the channel. Gotta be honest. I kind of like it better when it is just you filming. Nothing against Tom. Just enjoy that version more.

[@laartje24]

As you know by now I have a blue tongued skink called Spike. It took us a bit to find out a good feeding frequency and to learn him to eat some variety, as he was a rescue. I now feed him every 3 days. I keep a bag of cut up kitchen scraps from greens that are healthy for skinks in the freezer. He gets about 2 table spoons per meal from that, with about half a table spoon of Edgard Cooper dog food mixed with some insectivore blend. Then he get extra calcium every week, extra vit D every other week and multivitamin every month. And some snacks just whenever mostly once a week.

[@alexstosssucks4032]

oh man, this is my dream job

[@xpguard]

Best thing in this video is that Tom is back baby !

[@georgesimms2406]

Rip fred love yall

[@soccergirl07100]

My sulcata loves Roman lettuce 🥬 I’m trying to get him to like grassland tortoise food kind of hard lol great video !

[@calebbeuk6656]

My wife and I have a trio of sulcatas that we feed every other day. We alternate between grass pellets and mazuri to fresh veggies every other feeding. They are incredible and I love giving them treats every so often such as the random banana or apple. They will walk for miles to a apple. We also have alligator snappers and a common snappers that we feed Mazuri and tilapia fillets as well as shrimp and chicken gizzard and hearts.

[@betseyjae616]

Where do you want buy your grass pellets? Also, what “greens” do you currently feed your sulcata’s? I have a pair of them (32# each) and just got them eating grass hay (mixed with fresh cut up dandy greens mostly). Summertime they go outside graze freely. Winter they have to be In During cold months. Just curious what else people feed. Would love to add things to their winter diet. Currently do staple of grass hay, dandy’s, various greens of collards, some kale, some bell peppers, some carrots. Occasional strawberry and an apple. (Rare). And where do you get items (food)? I had ordered mazurri tortoise food and they refuse it. Thanks. Just trying to make my guys more comfortable and expand their sort in winter.

[@staceyskinner3862]

I have 1 eastern/3Toed box turtle 1 common musk turtle 2 red ear slider and 2 red foot tortoises I like the flucker mix blend for my aqutics and earth worms and moths when they get in the house. Btw all are housed indoors tortoises murzuri and spring mix veggies and some fruit . my box turtle anything that is a bug I raise mealworms and earth worms pill bugs too

[@brianhopkins5776]

I have a juvenile African spurified tortoise and I feed her Mazuri tortoise food and I give her some cactus pads and some greens and some hay and I give her clean water I have a water bowl where she can walk in and out of I don't over feed her I give her a little bit because it is winter here

[@FlamedAce]

I have a budgie which i every morning change his water and take off the peels from the pellets and of course once his feeder is low ill just fill it up

[@martynak.6372]

Nice to see Tom again. Or his shoes 😅

[@julianpineda8645]

I agree less is more... my daughter (age 12) n I have 2 sulcatas ... 1.5 Russian... 3 western boxs ... n one California desert tortoise that move in lol...

[@caughtafaygo]

super cool video this morn! I have 3 boas that as you know live to eat lol. Biscuit my hypo bci loves a medium rat every 10 days or so depending on the size of that medium hell sometimes go 14 days. and my adult dumerils will eat a jumbo every month with a off feed cycle for the female hunt of about 4-6 months, drives me nuts. and then my baby boy Abbott the hypo jungle het vpi snow i have is a small mouse every 8-12 days depending on the size. we wont get into my 4 pitbulls and mystery snails lol but they all get the constant care and affection of course. again, awesome video thamnks for all you do my wife watched with me today and we were able to enjoy the vid together so thanks for that.

[@FootballandLegoworld]

i feed my sulcata tortoise, kale, lettuce and sometimes dandelion greens.

[@digestiveleaf]

Please post a throwback video of grandpa Freds place 🙏❤️