Thank-you! I will keep it in mind. I have read some about it, but my yard and house are not that big and my daughter and family have moved in due to some financial issues which has affected MY finances-I don't have extra to work with. Right now my little (is 10" that little anymore?) tortoise is...
I have checked the tortoise table and do not find many of the Ohio plants/trees listed, like maple, redbud and plants like creeping charlie to mention a few. Is there another reference for plants/trees?
My granddaughter was given a young baby sulcata tort for her birthday July 2017. It is now 2 years old and healthy. She brought it to my house (I am grandma) as she had no room. With what I have learned since about this tortoise, I realize that Ohio weather is probably not the best place to try...
I have little grandkids living with me and don't get on the computer much, so I will look the link up. . I have a jar of tortoise food that the pet store told me to get-by "Flukers". I followed their instructions-they said no iceberg lettuce-need greener. So I give romaine spinach, kale...and...
thank-you all for your imput. Since I had fed her some the other day and she seems ok, I'll hope the romaine I bought is ok for her- she's not that big yet
Thank-you for answering while I was still online! I always wash produce, but e-coli doesn't wash off. It's safe to eat cooked (heat kills it which is why you are never to eat raw eggs).. but ecoli attaches itself to produce- you can wash in whatever-vinegar,even bleach and rinse, and it kills...
My granddaughter got a sultana tortoise baby last summer at a local pet store. She seems healthy enough but today there is a warning online about not eating romaine lettuce due to a good possibility it is e-coli contaminated. Apparently this outbreak of e-coli in Canada was traced to romaine...