diet???

[Tom]

Lisalove, just a word of caution: I did find a few toxic or not so good weeds on my place, so do look them up before feeding. We have a great weed ID section here in the forum in the diet section and you can post pics of any that you aren't sure of. In most cases torts won't eat "bad" stuff, but there are exceptions. My torts love all the ones that Yvonne mentioned.

Thanks Tom-good to know, that's what I'm fearful of.
Also, my baby doesn't like cactus yet. A great eater otherwise!

Mince that cactus up and mix it in with his other greens in small amounts at first. Its a really good food and he's just being finicky. I guarantee that if you just dropped a cactus pad in there and fed nothing else for several days, that cactus pad would start to disappear. Opuntia is very high in fiber, moisture and calcium. All good stuff for tortoises.

 

[lisalove]

Lisalove, just a word of caution: I did find a few toxic or not so good weeds on my place, so do look them up before feeding. We have a great weed ID section here in the forum in the diet section and you can post pics of any that you aren't sure of. In most cases torts won't eat "bad" stuff, but there are exceptions. My torts love all the ones that Yvonne mentioned.

Thanks Tom-good to know, that's what I'm fearful of.
Also, my baby doesn't like cactus yet. A great eater otherwise!

Mince that cactus up and mix it in with his other greens in small amounts at first. Its a really good food and he's just being finicky. I guarantee that if you just dropped a cactus pad in there and fed nothing else for several days, that cactus pad would start to disappear. Opuntia is very high in fiber, moisture and calcium. All good stuff for tortoises.

Thanks Tom
You're reading my mind--that's exactly what I've been doing!
He'll love it one way or another! Tough love baby