Pet grass?

[Tyanna]

Thoughts on Pet Grass? I always see it at gardening stores and even the grocery stores. Anyone have Russians that enjoy grazing on this?

 

[kmartin]

What a lot of places sell as pet grass is wheat grass seed. It is edible if grown organically. I usually drop the seeds in water for a couple of days to sprout and then take the seedlings and spread them under the substrate, in a couple of days you have grass, then the tortoises get them and you start all over. You can grow them in a tub and use the clippings as food, but it seems to have a short life. I can't keep it alive for very long that way.

 

[Tyanna]

I seen one at Milaeger's saying "grown locally"..not sure if it means organic. It's also kept in a little fridge type storage there. I'm not sure if my Russian will eat it. What species do you have?

 

[kmartin]

A Russian as well as Hermann's and one baby leopard, multiple boxies. Everyone but the boxes will eat wheat grass.

 

[Tyanna]

Thank you! I think I'll just buy one from the store, there's one in the organic section at Pick N Save, just to see if he likes it. Then I'll try growing them if he does. Where do you get seeds?

I have an indoor greenhouse where I plant his food, if he likes it I can grow some in there a long with his other foods.

 

[kmartin]

Some organic food stores and pet stores sometimes sell it as cat grass with the catnip usually.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Is that what it is? Wheat grass. Thanks. I see it often at the pet store.

 

[Krabby]

My RT's won't touch it.

 

[Tyanna]

My RT's won't touch it.

I'm not sure if mine will either..