plants

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...

Hello, My tortoises are getting bigger so I'm designing a new enclosure for them. With the new set up I'd be able to put in some wire shelves (something like these https://www.uline.com/BL_149/Epoxy-Wire-Shelving) and put some planters with some dangling plants like pothos to give them quite a...

In preparation for my upcoming tortoise (Eastern Hermann's hatchling) I've been studying plants in and around where I live in the East Midlands. I know we get dandelions and I've seen the odd common thistle, but I was wondering if anyone had any deeper knowledge of tortoise safe plants around my...

Long time lurker first time poster. I have created a very large palladium for my 2 tortoise hatchlings. I've had them for just over a year. 1 is a leopard tortoise and the other is a hermanns tortoise. They have lived together in a rather large environment sharing a food bowl and water bowl for...

Hi, all! We have a 8 YR old sulcata who is is pretty good health right now. He mainly eats grass/weeds, we supplement his grazing with timothy hay and various (Tortoise Table approved) grocery produce, but we are trying to transition to growing this supplemental stuff. We have a potted...

Hello again folks! So I was thinking about providing our female RES with a pond where she can come out on land to nest. She has no mate and has never mated (to my knowledge) but would probably appreciate a nesting area nonetheless, since she has laid eggs in the past in the water (making a huge...

Hi! I recently got some seeds for my tortoise I have a couple different ones along with a grazing grass seed mix. Should I grow these seeds outside or in a pot in the tank? I am not sure if some of the seeds will thrive outside right now cause it’s starting to get a little cooler outside but I...

I’ve scoured the forum as well as the tortoisetable website, and I have some confusion on geraniums. The geraniums I see on the tortoise table are nothing like the geraniums I see locally. Most commonly I see Zonal Geraniums that have large clusters of blossoms. Here’s a link as an example…...

Hello, folks! As I've mentioned on other threads, we have a female red-eared slider named Teresa, and after her spending years in a rather undersized aquarium, I am interested in the idea of moving her into an outdoor enclosure with a large pond and a land area for basking and digging. My...

hi guys, thought id come here to ask as i know the advice from here is correct would i be fine purchasing this spider plant for my redfoot tortoise its from a tortoise website so im sure it should be safe but i just want someone to clarify it lol WEBSITE LINK BELOW...

Is There A Specific Substrate To Grow Spider Plants.? want to add some plants to my RF's Enclosure and i decided to go with spider-plants would i need a certain substrate for these plants to grow from seed.? if so any reccomendations on substrates would be appreciated :) (THE IMAGE LINKED IS...

Hi everyone, My 20yo sulcata lives in our yard in Los Angeles. He's happy and healthy, lives underground, and makes love to the rocks, which is better than I do some months. I've built a shallow garden pond (only 6 inches deep) surrounded by succulents and hibiscus, but of course I realize he...

There's a few of these in the garden at the moment.. had Colin outside for 15 minutes today on the patio as it's warmed up a bit today. I always watch him when he was outside and I noticed he tried to eat one of these- I took it off him but I think he may have gotten a small bit still. Will...

Hi everyone. I like to keep my russians enclosures looking nice so I like to buy plants from reptile specific pet shops (irl or online) I always specifically ask "are these tortoise safe". I also check the tortoise table website etc. However I'm always concerned about the soil they're kept in...

I am a brand new tortoise owner in Anchorage AK. I would like to plant some grass in my tortoise enclosure and need advise on what kind my Red Leg is like to eat that would be healthy. many other advise to get this guy through the winter would be appreciated.

It's been a few years since I've been on the forum. We live in Ohio and 8 years ago we adopted a 8yo Male sulcata. Now that's he's aIround 61 lbs. I often wonder if I'm feeding him enough and all the variety he should have. A couple times a week he gets Mazuri. He gets grasses, plantain, and...

I’m building a naturalistic enclosure for my marginated tortoises indoors. I want to find some plants that don’t look tropical or exotic, just plants that look like they are from their natural habitat. Any suggestions?

Hi I’m trying to mimic a hilly scrubland for my marginated tortoise enclosure. I’m already going to put grasses in there but I want to know if some small shrubs to put there. Any ideas?

Hey everyone! I have a beautiful ~7 month old redfoot that I purchased from Southern Reptiles last year. He's already more than doubled in size and quadrupled in weight since October. He will occasionally explore his enclosure, but I think he needs more plants/coverage to feel fully comfortable...

I have a local nursey that sells plants that are edible to my tortoise and apparently. I did ask them if they were safe to be eaten by my tortoise. Apparently, they do not use insecticides or pesticides on their plants but they do use only this with their plants...