Our 16 yr old tortoise just stopped eating this week. It's been high 90s every day (Sacramento area) and I am so worried about dehydration! She has a grass area to feed from but just won't go to her meal plate. Any suggestions!?
Our 16 yr old tortoise just stopped eating this week. It's been high 90s every day (Sacramento area) and I am so worried about dehydration! She has a grass area to feed from but just won't go to her meal plate. Any suggestions!?
Spell check's way of spelling spring mix ( sorry )Oh Grandpa, you wouldn't believe all the advice recommending wet dog food, mice, hard boiled eggs, and even sardine bones per Richard W. Slevin DVM (1998). I just started the wet dog food option this year. She's always had veggies.
So what is sting mix?
Hi Tom, thanks for the prompt reply.
She gets a head of romaine with sliced zuchinni, corn, broccoli, wet dog food. She was very active three days ago and now lethargic! Maybe she's too hot?
Tom, why did you say Rose of Sharon leaves, and not blooms? Am I wrong in feeding more blooms than leaves?
ThanksEverything I've read says to not feed too many flowers. In other words, flowers should only make up a reasonably small percentage of the tortoises diet. I feed the blooms too, I just don't feed them a lot of blooms in comparison to leaves and other things.
Many types of flowers are a good food, but should be fed in moderation, to phrase it another way.