Little Rock Raffie
New Member
Hi all,
My boyfriend and I are first time tortoise parents and in our search for some tips for the best care for Raffie (pictures included and more information about age etc. below), I stumbled onto this site. Wonderfull by the way, thanks a lot.
I've been reading a lot about diet and proper food and came to the conclusion that besides greens it's also good to give some pellet food, especially for young tortoises.
Since a lot of you are using the Mazuri food, I would like to give it a try (especially the Mazuri Small Tortoise LS Diet). Unfortunately, we live in Belgium and it is not sold in stores here (that I know of) nor deliverable by Amazon or other companies.
* Is there anyone else here from Belgium (or West-Europe) that can suggest comparable alternatives that are equally high quality and healthy? I noticed that a lot of pellet food contain sugar, fruits and other ingedients that are not recommended for marginateds (like paprika, ...), so I am a little suspicious of those (unless I am wrong about that).
* The Mazuri for adults is available in Belgium and I wondered if it would be okay to give Raffie the adult version (soaked in water for example)?
Thank you!
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Raffie lives with us since May 2024 and was born in 2023 (so now a yearling?). He* is 6,5cm and weighs about 50g.
He usually gets different kinds of lettuce, chicory (vegetable), zucchini, but his all time favorite is hibiscus.
I tried viola and geranium today but he has not yet touched them.
*gender still unknown though
_________________________________________________________________________
My boyfriend and I are first time tortoise parents and in our search for some tips for the best care for Raffie (pictures included and more information about age etc. below), I stumbled onto this site. Wonderfull by the way, thanks a lot.
I've been reading a lot about diet and proper food and came to the conclusion that besides greens it's also good to give some pellet food, especially for young tortoises.
Since a lot of you are using the Mazuri food, I would like to give it a try (especially the Mazuri Small Tortoise LS Diet). Unfortunately, we live in Belgium and it is not sold in stores here (that I know of) nor deliverable by Amazon or other companies.
* Is there anyone else here from Belgium (or West-Europe) that can suggest comparable alternatives that are equally high quality and healthy? I noticed that a lot of pellet food contain sugar, fruits and other ingedients that are not recommended for marginateds (like paprika, ...), so I am a little suspicious of those (unless I am wrong about that).
* The Mazuri for adults is available in Belgium and I wondered if it would be okay to give Raffie the adult version (soaked in water for example)?
Thank you!
__________________________________________________________________________
Raffie lives with us since May 2024 and was born in 2023 (so now a yearling?). He* is 6,5cm and weighs about 50g.
He usually gets different kinds of lettuce, chicory (vegetable), zucchini, but his all time favorite is hibiscus.
I tried viola and geranium today but he has not yet touched them.
*gender still unknown though
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