Afternoon. We live in the Mark Twain National Forest, on a dairy farm. In addition to breeding and milking Jerseys we also own horses, hogs, chickens, rabbits, turtles, lizards, snakes, and I know I am missing something or another; it's a regular redneck menagerie here.
Owning a dairy means I have lots of milk, manure, and high quality grass/hay. I am mostly interested in finding a grass eating species (that is not a sulcata) "for" my son (it'll live in our school room with most of the other reptiles). I took care of a red foot for my sister for a number of years and while we enjoy him, I did not enjoy the environmental requirements that came with him. We heat with wood, so during the winter humidity is hard to come by. I manage to keep the snakes happy by providing shed/swamp boxes they can go in, but that isn't really as viable for turtles. Any ideas on good species that aren't going to rearrange my furniture, eat grass, and don't have high humidity requirements?
Owning a dairy means I have lots of milk, manure, and high quality grass/hay. I am mostly interested in finding a grass eating species (that is not a sulcata) "for" my son (it'll live in our school room with most of the other reptiles). I took care of a red foot for my sister for a number of years and while we enjoy him, I did not enjoy the environmental requirements that came with him. We heat with wood, so during the winter humidity is hard to come by. I manage to keep the snakes happy by providing shed/swamp boxes they can go in, but that isn't really as viable for turtles. Any ideas on good species that aren't going to rearrange my furniture, eat grass, and don't have high humidity requirements?