I will look forward to that. An excellent burger and watching tortoises simply sounds like heavenWe will look forward to you visit!!! In and out is just ten miles from my house we will get burgers and go tortoise watching haha
I will look forward to that. An excellent burger and watching tortoises simply sounds like heavenWe will look forward to you visit!!! In and out is just ten miles from my house we will get burgers and go tortoise watching haha
My kind of heaven!!!!I will look forward to that. An excellent burger and watching tortoises simply sounds like heaven
Yes. Alfalfa is a great tortoise food. I avoided it for years too when we all thought protein was bad for tortoises. It isn't. Elevated protein intake can be detrimental over the long term for tortoise suffering from dehydration. Plant based protein as part of a varied diet is excellent for tortoises. They need it. Been feeding it to mine for years.Tom Alfalfa? That has an awful lot of protien, I've avoided it for years
I am interested because hay is so much easier to feed all winter, and I have made an effort to avoid alfalfa...Yes. Alfalfa is a great tortoise food. I avoided it for years too when we all thought protein was bad for tortoises. It isn't. Elevated protein intake can be detrimental over the long term for tortoise suffering from dehydration. Plant based protein as part of a varied diet is excellent for tortoises. They need it. Been feeding it to mine for years.
One of the top producers of sulcatas in the world feeds them almost exclusively on alfalfa hay. He puts bales in and the tortoises just eat it all the time. He has 100s of adults and produces many thousands of babies annually. I don't agree with the practice, but his tortoises are alive and well.
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I don't like the stems in alfalfa hay. Adults can obviously handle it, as seen in the pic, but it bothers me. I grow fresh alfalfa for my tortoises. If I needed it for winter, I'd get the pellets, soak them, and mix them in with the other food for the day.I am interested because hay is so much easier to feed all winter, and I have made an effort to avoid alfalfa...
Dude... that’s really smart!! Luv itMore picture of the walls going in and the tortoise house moved to it location. I have thought long and hard about what to build the walls out of. I have used many things in the past that have worked nicely but I was looking for something more this time. With these “pots” I will be able to grow lots of tortoise food right at the pen. ( please excuse the smoky pictures it was a very smoke filled summer)View attachment 314191View attachment 314192View attachment 314193View attachment 314194View attachment 314195View attachment 314196
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Now I’ve got to go after more barrels
Next we started building walls View attachment 315134View attachment 315136View attachment 315135
Now I’ve got to go after more barrels
I’ll keep an eye out for pink ones hahaplease.... don’t forget.... I’d like MY barrels to be pink ?
I can be there in .... a week! ?☺
Dude.. im freaken getting exhausted just looking at the pics lolNext we started building walls View attachment 315134View attachment 315136View attachment 315135
Now I’ve got to go after more barrels
It’s a big job for sure hahaDude.. im freaken getting exhausted just looking at the pics lol
Looking bada$$ tho.. nice job manIt’s a big job for sure haha
Thanks!!Looking bada$$ tho.. nice job man
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There are 232 pots or 116 barrels in these new pens that is more then enough dirt to full them. The dirt is sold by weight rather them volume so I am not able to calculate exactly so I make sure to get plentyHow many barrels will that pile fill?