Dried dandilions?

[alfiethetortoise]

Hi guys!

Quick query as winter is coming! Can i pick some dandilions, dry them myself, and then feed them to Alfie over winter? It seems a simple solution for when we have frost/snow etc.

Anyone else had sucess in drying weeds and feeding to torts?

Thanks!

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

What type of tort? I couldn't ever imagine my tort being interested in something dried (I have a redfoot)... Do you have room to plant some pots of dandelions? That's what I would do.

 

[alfiethetortoise]

Alfie is a herman. He will eat bits of timothy hay. Yes, i do have room to plant some pots in my outbuilding i just thought that drying would be easier. I dont feed dandilions every day, give some spring mix and other things too so he would still be getting water from other foods (though he drinks when bathed every 2-3 days)

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

Its certainly worth a try, why not test it before all the dandelions die in the wild?

 

[Madortoise]

Sounds like you have some plan for the emergency. I remember reading Robyn drying her grape leaves and mixing them w/other fresh food during winter (sorry if I misquoted) so I began stashing all the dried up grape leaves for this winter. Zoomed pallet looks like a bunch of dried hay and varied greens in little chunks and it supposedly contains dandelion greens, too.

 

[alfiethetortoise]

I am in the process of collecting the dandilions ready to dry...will report back with progress!