First question: Are torts suppose to poop everday? I have not seen mine go in a few days.

Next: I bought some dried Orchard grass for my girl. I know she needs the fiber. I chopped it in the blender for her, but she has no interest in it. She has become addicted to cactus!!! I give her a variety of greens, but she looks for the cactus. I usually have to put a few small chucks of the cactus on her greens to get her to eat them. I am concerned about her fiber though. I know she should mostly eat weeds and grasses but I can't get her to eat it! My question is, is ok to give her the cactus regularly?

Also, does anyone know where I can get organic flowers for her?

Thanks

No tortoises don't poop everyday
If your sulcata is young, fresh grass will be better to start out with to get him/her to eat grass. Tortoises would much rather eat vegetation that isn't dry.
Not sure about the organic flowers.

Danny

Thanks Danny

I have grown fresh grass for her and I'm growing more now. She didn't want it either. I'm going to keep trying though.
Any thoughts on the cactus? Is it ok for her to have it regularly?

The cactus is fine once or twice a week, but if she's being picky you can feed it in small amounts everyday.

Danny

Liz try http://www.reptigreens.com/page7.html they have organic flowers.

This post was last modified: 01-27-2008 08:03 AM by Crazy1.

Thanks Robyn!!!!!

Rather than starting a new thread with more questions I decided just to add my new questions to this thread.

I know that hatchlings sleep a lot, but does anyone know what is normal for a hatchling? How active should she be (she's approx 5 months old now) I guess it's just me worrying if I'm doing things right. (can you say paranoid..lol) She is active in the mornings, but honestly I'm not sure how much. She sleeps quite a bit. I check on her all the time because I'm home all day. I usually don't see her moving around much but I have noticed she changes position. She mostly stays on the warmer end of the enclosure.

Another question... I've read that Sulcata's can eat rose petals. I was wondering if buying a single rose from my local grocery store would be safe to feed her. I'm trying to give her as much variety as I can.

My sulcatas eat alot of rose petals when we have them in the garden. Watch the store bought ones for anything they sprayed on the flower to keep it fresh. I have alot of rose bushes, and my neighbors give me some of their petals. They are aware not to spray or treat their flowers. Mine also love Hibiscus. They each eat a few flowers each day. They also love the leafs from the hibiscus.

Here are a few places where you can get either dried flowers or powdered flowers:

carolinapetsupply.com
turtlestuff.com
turtlecafe.com

Yvonne

Thanks, I saw those. I was looking for fresh buds or whole plants.