vivarium grow your own weed help??

[Norry and duggee]

Hey so im just looking online for the best substrate to grow weeds for my russian hatchlings! What are russians usual fave weed too? I know mine love dandelions but want them to have a variety!! Please can someone point me to the best stuff

 

[Tom]

Hey so im just looking online for the best substrate to grow weeds for my russian hatchlings! What are russians usual fave weed too? I know mine love dandelions but want them to have a variety!! Please can someone point me to the best stuff

Grow your weeds in pots with potting soil or in a garden with garden soil. Then cut and feed to your tortoise. Fertilizers are fine as long as the tortoise doesn't have access to the actual fertilizer product.

Soil of any kind is not a good substrate, and attempting to grow them in the indoor enclosure is futile. They will be eaten or trampled before they get going, and the lighting won't be right, if its right for your tortoise.

 

[Norry and duggee]

Grow your weeds in pots with potting soil or in a garden with garden soil. Then cut and feed to your tortoise. Fertilizers are fine as long as the tortoise doesn't have access to the actual fertilizer product.

Soil of any kind is not a good substrate, and attempting to grow them in the indoor enclosure is futile. They will be eaten or trampled before they get going, and the lighting won't be right, if its right for your tortoise.

NOTED! Im awful sorry to pick your brain but I wanna get some artificial vines to put all around the walls of vivarium is this okay? Or will they get confused and try eat it

 

[KarenSoCal]

Some will try, some won't. You just have to watch them to find out.

You can put a pothos or spider plant in in a pot. You need to be sure no chemicals have been used on the plants, like bug or weed killer. You can easily start pothos from a cutting. Just find somebody who has one and doesn't use chemicals.

If the plants are "clean", it's OK if the torts nibble them.

 

[Tom]

NOTED! Im awful sorry to pick your brain but I wanna get some artificial vines to put all around the walls of vivarium is this okay? Or will they get confused and try eat it

No need to be sorry. We are all here to talk torts!

I agree with what Karen said.