diet

Hi everyone! 😊 I’m looking for a little advice, please. I’m a new tortoise mum to a little Horsfield, and our vet has mentioned she’s quite small for her age, so they’ve advised not to hibernate her this year. Over the summer she was mainly eating flowers and leafy greens, but now that winter...

Hello! I'm planning to adopt an adult male Hermann's tortoise (I think he's part of the Dalmatian subspecies) in several months. Before then, I went to ensure I can provide him with enough healthy food. I have pesticide-free cat's ear growing in abundance and can give him some every day that...

I sometimes give my redfoot dried (rehydrated) seaweed and he loves it, but I saw this kelp powder at work and I'm wondering if it would be beneficial for him? I know probably most can't read norwegian but the important stuff is still understandable I think. I attached a pic of the kind of kelp...

when I watch her closely, I let Petey petunia walk around the lawn. But she has become obsessed with trying to eat the dried dates from the annoying date trees in my yard. Obsessed with them. And it’s basically impossible to avoid. So I am wondering whether or not I actually need to stop her or...

Hello, I have a 3 month old Hermann’s tortoise and where I live, it’s currently winter so I’m relying on store bought greens and sprinkling it with dried flowers and weeds from Kapidolo Farms. I’m struggling on how to feed the tiny guy a varied diet without wasting so much food because it...

Hello. I look through the forum very often and utilize a lot of different posts for help and have viewed food sheets and enclosure posts but wanted to ask a few questions for more specific questions I’m having and probably over thinking and being a worried mom. My baby is just about to turn 10...

Hey everyone, So I'm relatively new to owning a tortoise. I have a approximately 2 year old tortoise, got him at a year and a half about four months ago. I've been feeding him Timothy hay, Mulberific Delite pellets, leafy greens, and a dried flower mix. While at the store today getting some...

I am curious, how closely should I track my tortoises health? I used to track his diet daily last winter before I started feeding weeds in the spring.I tracked which days I gave calcium and listed what foods I gave. I of course tracked any symptoms. I also tracked his baths, weight and the days...

I found this locally produced dry food meant for herbivorous tortoises and I was wondering wheather it is good for a russian tortoise. It is quite expensive (25,44€/27,90$ per 5 liters/1.32 gal), but the ingridients are 100% doemstic. Here are the ingredients: 80% grass crops e.g. -timothy...

Hi I want to grow some edible snacks in my red foots enclosure. I am debating on clover or dandelions or fescue grass. I don't expect this to be his main meal I'll still be giving him his normal variety of food. But I am hearing different things. Such as some saying dandelions are too high in...

Just wanted to show off my most adorable son/daughter: Ruby-Dave! The name really is Ruby, but it was Dave to begin with and has been a hard transition 😅 so he has quite the long government name. I’ll have to print it in a CVS receipt to fit it! Much more childproofing has been done since these...

Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️ I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common...

Hey, I got a sulcata baby of 2 inches , it’s been 2 days since I got him . This might be stupid but my tortoise is eating half a flower of hibiscus , half a leaf ( if I kind of calculate on whole) and very little bit of grated carrot . Is this ok? As they grazing animals I’m not removing the...

I have a 7 year old sulcata tortoise. She mostly eats grass, veggies and monkey chow. After reviewing online, I’m thinking of switching out of monkey chow as apparently it’s too high in protein. But I’m unsure if I should get the Mazuri pellets or grassland pellets, maybe even both. Which one is...

Since Monday this week I have been able to take Edward outside a few hours a day to soak up some natural sun. Since his semi-temporary outdoor enclosure is not ready yet, I have been keeping him in a cold frame that is staked on to our lawn. The temps in the cold frame have been ranging from 20C...

Hi! I’m a first time tortoise mom to a 2-month old sulcata and for 3 weeks now it has passed gritty urates! I don’t understand why, I’ve been soaking it every single day, sprayed water on its food. I feed it romaine lettuce to just get hydration. His/her diet is a high fiber pellet, previously...

Hi! I wanted to share everything I provide for my baby Leopard Tortoise it’s going to be a long list but I’d like to know if anyone thinks I am missing anything important or need to take anything out! Fresh greens: - endive - escarole - arugula - hibiscus leaves - spring mix (spinach removed) -...

I bought this cheap cuddle fish for birds off Amazon but now I’m questioning whether I should give this to my tortoise because it appears to be enriched with omega-3 vitamin B one. Should I return this for something more….. fully aquatic? For hatchling Mojave desert tortoise (oh my gosh I just...

I have a 2 year old sulcata tortoise. She/he has just come out of brumation and is eating all day every day. I'm beyond happy that she is happy and healthy, but with the prices of lettuce and other produce these days, she is eating the greens in my wallet as well. Is there a bulky produce I can...

Hello All, I'm after some advice please. I live in the Middle East and bought two tortoises from a pet shop, I was only going for one but the conditions they were being kept in were pretty poor. I got them home and they've got the run of the ground floor of the house with a heat lamp for...