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Thank you very much for replying. Unfortunately there isn't any Endive, escarole, arugula, cilantro in Pakistan. What we have available is mostly what is available in neighboring India. In this case, what do I mix the cut grass in that would be available in my country and is good to feed a...

No but I feel he does fine in the burrow it's quite deep. In the morning he basks I the morning sun in the warmest sunlit areas of our garden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Karachi Kindly have a look at this chart. He goes into his fence deep down as soon as the sunlight goes at around 3 pm. OK I will let him roam around the lawn as he used to but there isn't any more grass for him to eat. So how do I get him to eat cut...

Oh sorry it's not sand it's soil, what we plant our plants in.

As you can see he has fresh cut green grass in the enclosure and he is waiting by the door to get out into the lawn which I closed so he would eat the grass

Hello everyone! I received a rescue about 8 months back and since I was successful in providing him with a natural environment (he has also dug himself a tunnel 8 feet deep approx LOL) attached to a lush green lawn of Bermuda grass which was a good enough size for him I thought he would do fine...

Kindly provide me a list of hardy plants that can they can eat that would survive outdoors in the tropics. Thank you

Thank you soo much for replying. My region is sub tropical so natural sunlight is ubandant. Self sustaining I mean a self reliant Eco system not requiring any external intervention. For that what kind of self sustaining natural filtration mechanism can I create? Any non electric options?

Hello everyone! Hope you and your tirts are all doing well. I have a water tank that I am using for my 3 red slider turtles, 1 large 8 inch (plastron) and 2 small 3 inch. I want to turn this water tank into an A grade indigenous, self sustaining natural ECOSYSTEM. Right now it is just a...

Hello! How are all you you great people doing? Hope you and your torts are thriving! I have my first sulcata so am a new owner and everything is new for me. I have provided him with a pool which is always full of water for the purpose of soaking himself at will (I change the water every time...

Hello everyone! How are you doing? I wanted to ask I want to prepare my tort for a TV show; 1. How do I first throughly clean the shell 2. How do I then give it the highest quality shine that we see on torts that are brought on TV shows and shown on top YouTube tort channels? I would really...

That's super good news! Since it's EVERYWHERE here on the sidewalks 99% of gardens etc. Just curious, what do the other foods consist of that you mix it in with?

What about Bermuda grass? How does it rank in terms of nutritional value? It's the most common grass here

Hello everyone! I am so appreciative of all the knowledge I have been gaining from all you incredible folks since I rescued my tort and joined. Thanks so much! Can someone please rank the top 5 recommended grasses for Sulcata's in terms of nutrition benefit in DESCENDING order? It would be...

OH JEEEEZZ! What SUPERB info! This is exactly what I was looking for! So from your reply I have extracted LOTS of items that are part of their diet: 1. Mainly hay amd dry plants. 2. Peanut stalks 3. Dry leaves 4. Detritus (all kinds) 5. Cactaceous plants 6. Twigs 7. Pebbles 8. Thorny...