I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted on here. Life has been so busy (in a good way) that there just hasn't been time. Here are my 5 Russian tortoises - 4 females and 1 male.
They have been spending all Summer outside, night and day, unless it rains heavily. They get pretty grubby... this pic is of Lady after digging in for 2 weeks during the hottest time we had in July.
In the Spring I seeded out a good tortoise seed mix, and so the tortoises have been able to graze all Summer. I also have several perennials growing in their enclosure, and some shrubs. At this point, I am having to bring them some food from the garden or the fields, since they have grazed down most of the weeds.
Sometimes I get them out of the tortoise garden and let them graze the lawn. Jill always heads straight for the clover patch, and bites off every clover flower she can find.
Last Spring I had to separate Jill from the others, because the bigger females kept bullying her and she stopped eating. After a few months of separation, I have re-introduced her to the others, and things are going great. Because she is the smallest, I feed her some extra treats sometimes(hibiscus flowers is about as adventurous as that gets). She loves them!
There. Now nobody can complain that I'm never on here anymore...
They have been spending all Summer outside, night and day, unless it rains heavily. They get pretty grubby... this pic is of Lady after digging in for 2 weeks during the hottest time we had in July.
In the Spring I seeded out a good tortoise seed mix, and so the tortoises have been able to graze all Summer. I also have several perennials growing in their enclosure, and some shrubs. At this point, I am having to bring them some food from the garden or the fields, since they have grazed down most of the weeds.
Sometimes I get them out of the tortoise garden and let them graze the lawn. Jill always heads straight for the clover patch, and bites off every clover flower she can find.
Last Spring I had to separate Jill from the others, because the bigger females kept bullying her and she stopped eating. After a few months of separation, I have re-introduced her to the others, and things are going great. Because she is the smallest, I feed her some extra treats sometimes(hibiscus flowers is about as adventurous as that gets). She loves them!
There. Now nobody can complain that I'm never on here anymore...
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