Baby horsefield

[Lynnielou]

Hi All I'm a newbie to this forum and also new to owning a tortoise. We bought our 6 m9nth old horsefield 2 days ago and he's gorgeous. He's strong and confident ,however I've read that you are supposed to feed them twice a day when they are young but my little one is greedy and seems to want to feed more often. I'm feeding a variety of greens and the odd rose petals and allowed herbs is this normal behaviour for a youngster?

 

[daniellenc]

Yes they should always have food available so toss a huge handful in and replace when gone!

 

[Lynnielou]

Thank you I'm so worried about tortoise care as I want the very best for my tort and some of the info I have read is contradictory. . I will make sure he always has plenty of food down then thanks again

 

[Yvonne G]

For babies, I leave enough food to last all day long. They still come out at the end of the day and nibble on the dried up old food. It's not harmful.

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome. Congrats on the new baby!

There is a lot of contradictory info circulating around out there. We've learned a lot of new info over the last few years, and the old care info doesn't reflect this new understanding. Here is the current info:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/