What types of plants are best to grow for my baby sulcata tortoise to eat
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Various grasses, various weeds, augmented w/ spring mix.
I gather weeds and mix then w/ various greens, all chopped up, dusted w/ calcium and stuffed into zip-locked baggies, and freeze for later use.
Also, sulcatas can be fed soaked hay, cut into appropriate-sized portions.
Not to difficult to feed, really.
I gather weeds and mix then w/ various greens, all chopped up, dusted w/ calcium and stuffed into zip-locked baggies, and freeze for later use.
Also, sulcatas can be fed soaked hay, cut into appropriate-sized portions.
Not to difficult to feed, really.
There are seed mixes sold online as sulcata graze mix and such that make it easy, if you are interested in something like that. Hubiscus, cactus pads, grape leaves, etc, can be grown as well besides the graze. You probably won't get a baby sulcata to eat hay...most people feed more of a spring mix diet until 1 or 2 years old, when they switch to a healthier hay/grass/weed sort of diet. The organic spring mix is cheap at the store. I would however start planting your yard with graze/weeds to get it going.
tortoisenerd said:
so basicallly, what kind of graze? is itjust your typical grass? i can buy a cheap bag of grass seeds at the store. also, what is found in the organic spring mix? and what does the bag look like? i want to be sure i get the right stuff.
The bags are different at different stores, as long as it says organic spring mix your fine. I pick out the spinach its not good to feed them a lot of it. Regular grass is ok but you can order a grazing mix from different places I ordered mine from carolinapetsupply.com Also stay away from fruit and cabbage.
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