Hello to my fellow Tortoise lovers!
I am a new owner of an adopted 1 year old Sulcata Tortoise. We named him Norman We love him very much already. I am however, COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the wealth of information we have got on what to feed them. Literally everyone says something different... From vets, pet store employees, online articles, to books. I am so so confused. I put romaine lettuce in there at first. A mistake I know now. He had diarrhea yesterday (Im very sad about this) then I put Timothy hay in, he wont touch it. Then I put grass from outside, he wont touch that either. When we go outside he will nibble on it there. Then a vet tech told me grass from outside is a no no! Then I read that they eat spring mix! I'm ready to lose it over here. I feel like Im trying so hard to make him healthy and happy and nothing is working... So, is spring mix what I need to do? How much a day? Is grass from outside bad? What kind of grass do I need to grow if so? What about pellets? Do they need them or not? He wont touch the alfalfa pellets I put in there... I haven't seen him drink yet either... is this normal? I do soak him a little in luke warm water for a bit every other day but stopped. Please Lord someone help me. Im sorry Im ignorant... I just love him and need some help. Thanks so much guys...
I am a new owner of an adopted 1 year old Sulcata Tortoise. We named him Norman We love him very much already. I am however, COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the wealth of information we have got on what to feed them. Literally everyone says something different... From vets, pet store employees, online articles, to books. I am so so confused. I put romaine lettuce in there at first. A mistake I know now. He had diarrhea yesterday (Im very sad about this) then I put Timothy hay in, he wont touch it. Then I put grass from outside, he wont touch that either. When we go outside he will nibble on it there. Then a vet tech told me grass from outside is a no no! Then I read that they eat spring mix! I'm ready to lose it over here. I feel like Im trying so hard to make him healthy and happy and nothing is working... So, is spring mix what I need to do? How much a day? Is grass from outside bad? What kind of grass do I need to grow if so? What about pellets? Do they need them or not? He wont touch the alfalfa pellets I put in there... I haven't seen him drink yet either... is this normal? I do soak him a little in luke warm water for a bit every other day but stopped. Please Lord someone help me. Im sorry Im ignorant... I just love him and need some help. Thanks so much guys...