Hey there I’m looking for some advice

[zolasmum]

Thanks Angie, i'll definately try this.

Maybe it would be worth going to your local greengrocer and asking who their supplier is, and ringing the supplier up direct - if you tell them it's for a tortoise, they might be extra helpful, and deliver some specially for you. I think that's how we did it, originally!
Angie

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

Thanks Angie, I've contacted my brother who I remembered works at the fruit and veg market here in Bristol, I myself work for Fyffes but our department is mainly fruit lol

 

[zolasmum]

Thanks Angie, I've contacted my brother who I remembered works at the fruit and veg market here in Bristol, I myself work for Fyffes but our department is mainly fruit lol

That's great - he should be able to sort something out. We are really glad to have found a good way to get ours - and Zola has been to the shop with us to thank them !! - I don't like the stuff myself, and nor does my husband, but Zola always gets it out of his food mix to eat first.
Angie

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

That's great - he should be able to sort something out. We are really glad to have found a good way to get ours - and Zola has been to the shop with us to thank them !! - I don't like the stuff myself, and nor does my husband, but Zola always gets it out of his food mix to eat first.
Angie

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

Came home to find these on my doorstep! How’s that for service lol

 

[Maggie3fan]

Hello - I live in Devon, and like you, I couldn't find radicchio, except the little bits in mixed salad. However, I was finally able to get them from a greengrocers shop in Barnstaple (25 miles away), if I order it in advance. I get 3 heads of it at once, and it keeps for several weeks on the fridge - the people in the shop didn't know what it was called at first, and I had to take some in to show them - oh yes, red lettuce, they said - actually it is related to chicory ! So if you ask around, I think you should find somewhere you can get it. It costs about £1.50 for one head
and Zola would eat the lot at once if he could.
Angie
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I have noticed over the years that even box turtles love radicchio and tortoises really like it...

 

[zolasmum]

Came home to find these on my doorstep! How’s that for service lol

Oh, that's fantastic ! Lucky little Pebbles ! I'm sure he will enjoy them. It's so useful, too, to have something they really love - if Zola refused to eat his radicchio, I would know there was definitely something wrong with him. Never happened yet !!
I am very glad to have helped.
Angie (and Zola,who is eating some as I type this)

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

can't believe i didn't think of it before lol, now i've got to figure out how to get a regular supply

 

[zolasmum]

can't believe i didn't think of it before lol, now i've got to figure out how to get a regular supply

Congratulations!

 

[Dcatalano]

Thank you where do you buy it from?!

You can get fir bark for reptiles on Amazon. I have found the pieces to be more uniform and it’s less dusty than other products.
Bolt will be so happy with the new substrate.