TortRook1
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I am a new tort owner and I was thinking, could I prepare my little guy's food, vacuum seal and freeze it so I don't waste? And thaw what is needed or blanch the food?
Prepared tortoise food in a tightly sealed bowl lasts three days in my fridge, so that's how much I prepare, three days worth. Freezing greens causes them to turn to mush. Wish I knew how the growers did it, because you can buy frozen greens that aren't mush.
It's hard to feed one little baby tortoise. You usually end up with a lot of rotten stuff to discard. Hopefully you can train your family to like the same types of food the baby eats and you guys can clean up the left-overs.
You can start learning how to introduce him to the right foods by taking a look at these two threads:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/sulcata-diet-sheet.64290/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/.
You’ll be able to buy cactus very easily where you are, among other things.
Have you read the care sheet for baby sulcatas? I’m no expert but your baby looks a little dry: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/.
If you still have questions about housing and setup after reading this thread, it would be best to post them in the sulcata subforum; the people there have raised many healthy babies.
We just got him from the pet store yesterday, I did get some books and do some research before committing to the little guy.
He was a bit dry, I'm hoping to correct that plus his diet. I don't think his previous conditions were the greatest.
He really seems to enjoy getting out in the yard and running around. That sounds funny to say, but I swear he was wagging his tail nipping at the grass.