macromea
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hi.
My dad just adopted two baby desert tortoises. As of today, they are 7 months old. They're very cuts, and I'm pretty attached to them already, even though he's only had them for a few weeks. They're currently living in a terrarium on his back porch, we live in Tucson so it's warm enough outside.
anyways, I'm kind of worried about them because my dad doesn't know a whole lot about tortoises. He's been feeding them fruit everyday, mostly watermelon,strawberries and grapes. Also romaine lettuce, carrot slices, and cauliflower florets/leaves.
They're pretty active and seem happy. I'm also wondering, is it normal for their plastrons to still be somewhat soft around the area where the yolk sacs were?
also, does he need to give them calcium at this age, or is that a whole life thing?
thanks for any help you can provide
My dad just adopted two baby desert tortoises. As of today, they are 7 months old. They're very cuts, and I'm pretty attached to them already, even though he's only had them for a few weeks. They're currently living in a terrarium on his back porch, we live in Tucson so it's warm enough outside.
anyways, I'm kind of worried about them because my dad doesn't know a whole lot about tortoises. He's been feeding them fruit everyday, mostly watermelon,strawberries and grapes. Also romaine lettuce, carrot slices, and cauliflower florets/leaves.
They're pretty active and seem happy. I'm also wondering, is it normal for their plastrons to still be somewhat soft around the area where the yolk sacs were?
also, does he need to give them calcium at this age, or is that a whole life thing?
thanks for any help you can provide