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It is Chinese Cabbage in English, or we call it Hakusai in Japanese. It's a common winter vegetable in Japan. I haven't tried to feed it to my Darwin, but as it's close species to pak choi, I presume it's ok to feed as part of varied diet. I don't know how much goodness in it apart from water...

Darwin is asleep with his cute bum out. :) Sent from my C6603 using TortForum mobile app

Hello, your Frank is lovely! This is my little Darwin, we are also in the UK! :)

Hi tortoiseowner 101, thank you for the information! There was a big Molokhia boom in Japan few years ago and it's been so popular ever since, so I've had eaten them and really liked but I've never seen it in UK... Tortoises seem to love them, so I wanted to feed them sparingly as part of...

Rocky1998 Ooh, exciting! I'm looking forward to see the photos of your sister's tort! :) Sent from my C6603 using TortForum mobile app

Wow, how small is your tort? Hope he didn't get injured inside his mouth... :( My Darwin is about 7cm shell length and he didn't touch spikey thistle to start with. So I only feed him young, softer leaves or if it's too spikey, I trimmed off sharp bits and chopped it smaller, then now he loves...

Hi Rocky! Wow, has Darwin got a secret brother or sister in Scotland?! That'd be amazing! :D My Darwin is 2011 UK Hatch (that's what the reptile shop owner told me), so might came from the same breeder! Have you got photo of your sister's tort? Here's my Darwin eating his dinner on a weed...

Wow, lots of suggestions! Thanks, Tom! Clover - I've got white and tall red ones in my garden, so I might try to get seeds from them. Geranium - I've got some in my hanging basket (mother-in-low makes one for us every summer!) so I might feed the leaf to Darwin! Roses - previous owner of...

This is brilliant! Thank you so much, jaizei! Other lettuces are quite happy in conservatory and I presumed that it'd be same for the seeds, but those lettuces came to our home as already established plants. I'll put the seed tray on window sill in other cooler room for a couple of weeks and...

It's quite warm, actually it's boiling during day, these few days, about 35-40C... Ah hah, doesn't lamb's lettuce like hot weather?! Sent from my C6603 using TortForum mobile app

Thank you for your suggestion, pfara. Squash sounds like nutritious and easy one, I'll try to find a dwarf type of it (if there's such thing). :) Yes, Darwin is our spoiled baby! :D I'd like to feed him as healthy as possible, so we can keep him the rest of our lives! :) Oh yes, I need to be...

Because I'm Darwin's mum! :)

Oh Wow, Laney! I wanna be your tort in my next life!!!:P Here's Darwin's first enclosure when he came to our house - converted from a 60x90cm kitchen cupboard I was using sand mix but it was not a great idea... Then got this one using 60x120cm rabbit cage, changed substrate into...

Same here! My Darwin loves Sow thistles and Milk thistles! :)

Hello, I have few questions about indoor-gardening for tortoise food. Could anyone give me some suggestions, please? In addition to my Russian's weed-main diet (dandelion, lamb's lettuce, bind-weed, sow thistle, milk thistle, mallow, bitter cress, plantain, Bear's Breeshes etc...), I decided...

Awww, how kind Echo was... I'll promise him that I'll keep working on with Darwin! Then I'll make sure if Darwin becomes extra friendly, and if I see him playing with a cute little ghost tort, I'll say hello to Echo and tell you at the forum! :)

I'm so sorry to hear about the sad news... I cannot stop tears running down my eyes... The photos and the video you and Echo showed me have been my great inspiration. I am sure that he was very happy tort until his last moment, and those cute actions he showed you must have been his thanks to...

Oh no... I'm so sorry to hear about your Echo being unwell... :( I hope he gets well soon and make us smile with his cuteness again! Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using TortForum mobile app

Thank you! :) Darwin loves running around inside and outside of the house but I'm sure that he's not as adventurous as your Echo! Oh yes, I've kept going back to watch the video and enjoying "awwwww" moments every time. That video is my dream destination! I'll keep trying without disturbing...

Hi EchoTheLeoTort! My little Russian Tort Darwin walked up to me, climbed my hand by his own choice for the first time and had a nap in my hands today!!! :D I've been gently rubbing Darwin's head and neck every so often, let him sleep on my lap etc every day as you suggested and he has...