BoredPotato
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So I am planning to get some greek tortoises, If I'm right it's species name is Testudo Hermanni Boetgerri? Something along that line. I am planning to get two that are some months old (Born in late july/begin august)
I know basically everything I need like the enclosure space, a shallow water dish, UVB and a heat basking lighting, 50/50 top soil mix and some coconut fur thingy (I think), some nice rocks (for in the enclosure), a hiding spot to sleep, I need to soak them x amount of time per week, 50% humidiy (actually not sure about this one but I heard someone saying the greek tortoises need 50% humidity) ect.
But the food really brings confusion to me. It's stated that I mostly need weed and grasses. But here's the thing. I'm not the person who wants to go outside my house to only find some weeds and grasses to feed my tortoises. I am planning to buy some seeds of them or find some weeds to throw them in my yard and hoping that they will grow in spring/summer. (Also, I am a horrible gardener, can't grow plants as they die so I didn't really bother to consider that an option)
But weeds are not available all the time so what should I feed them? I heard some vegetables are good if you add some supplements with it. Like the andive or some specefic lettuce?
So it would be nice to know if I can feed them different types of vegetables if weeds aren't available as their diet. I also heard there was something like commercial diet, Mazuri? That I can feed them but I really would like to hear what the best for them is aside weeds and flowers. That are cheap and easy to get.
Oh, very important, as I did my research I never saw how many times I need to feed my tortoises.. It's stated that overfeeding them is bad so I want to know, how many times do I need to feed them every week and what amount?
P.S I live in the Netherlands if that is relevant
I know basically everything I need like the enclosure space, a shallow water dish, UVB and a heat basking lighting, 50/50 top soil mix and some coconut fur thingy (I think), some nice rocks (for in the enclosure), a hiding spot to sleep, I need to soak them x amount of time per week, 50% humidiy (actually not sure about this one but I heard someone saying the greek tortoises need 50% humidity) ect.
But the food really brings confusion to me. It's stated that I mostly need weed and grasses. But here's the thing. I'm not the person who wants to go outside my house to only find some weeds and grasses to feed my tortoises. I am planning to buy some seeds of them or find some weeds to throw them in my yard and hoping that they will grow in spring/summer. (Also, I am a horrible gardener, can't grow plants as they die so I didn't really bother to consider that an option)
But weeds are not available all the time so what should I feed them? I heard some vegetables are good if you add some supplements with it. Like the andive or some specefic lettuce?
So it would be nice to know if I can feed them different types of vegetables if weeds aren't available as their diet. I also heard there was something like commercial diet, Mazuri? That I can feed them but I really would like to hear what the best for them is aside weeds and flowers. That are cheap and easy to get.
Oh, very important, as I did my research I never saw how many times I need to feed my tortoises.. It's stated that overfeeding them is bad so I want to know, how many times do I need to feed them every week and what amount?
P.S I live in the Netherlands if that is relevant
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