Just wanted to show off my most adorable son/daughter: Ruby-Dave! The name really is Ruby, but it was Dave to begin with and has been a hard transition 😅 so he has quite the long government name. I’ll have to print it in a CVS receipt to fit it! Much more childproofing has been done since these pictures on his soon-to-be-upgraded home. He is quite the climber with an ever burning hatred for anything man made especially thermometer/hygrometers. He won’t attack it, but rather mess with me by knocking it over like his personal ragdoll. I love him to death and have all his needs covered except a diet plan. Not quite ratios, but more like a schedule or outline? Local variety is no issue. I have a verrry small garden on my patio, but garden is coming to a house near us soon 😉. Either way this is my baby and I will love him forever 🌺🐢❤️ he wins the award for most spite for thermometers 🌡️ Oh and he had his first worm (earthworm I fed first) today and loved it!!! 💥🎈🪱
mojo_1
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Your little tort looks great. Mojo goes all wreck-it Ralph on his sensors a lot too.
Alex and the Redfoot
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Hello and welcome!
You can check feeding guidelines here:
Feeding schedule is pretty basic: feed daily, enough foods to graze through the day (so only a few pieces are left). Whether to mix fruit/greens and such - is up to you. If you see him being picky and eating only fruit out of the whole meal then do the "fruit days". I mix grass pellets with fruit or mushrooms on some days and give fresh greens on others.
You can check feeding guidelines here:
Omnivore Diet - Tortoise Library
There are many ways to put the basic nutrition ideas into place for omnivorous turtles and tortoises (and you should probably read that section before this one). Some typical plans will be listed here but be sure to check the ‘Notes for Various Species’ section below to see how to adjust the...
tortoiselibrary.com
Feeding schedule is pretty basic: feed daily, enough foods to graze through the day (so only a few pieces are left). Whether to mix fruit/greens and such - is up to you. If you see him being picky and eating only fruit out of the whole meal then do the "fruit days". I mix grass pellets with fruit or mushrooms on some days and give fresh greens on others.
