Malnutrition

[Sara G.]

Well I think you've giving a lot of scientific names, at least that's what they sound like to me. Usually typing them on thetortoisetable's site or even typing that name into Google will give you the common name.
Most people use the common name to identify it.
Don't feel bad. I'm terrible at IDing plants too.

How are the separated enclosures working out? I'd love to see pics.

 

[Mina Adel]

Here in Egypt. . We think purslane are not good for torts!!!!

 

[Mina Adel]

Is arugula the other name for rocca , watercress ????

 

[Mina Adel]

What about mint ?

 

[Mina Adel]

And basil plant
Is that healthy for them

 

[Mina Adel]

Sorry but I don't know the common names ... these are what I found on net.
English is not my first language
I mean not my mother tongue.

 

[Mina Adel]

I can give them watermelon 's leaves .. I don't know if it is nutritional?

 

[Mina Adel]

These are only the plants I can give to my torts ?
All the sites on internet contain foreign plant ... I can't found here ..
Sorry for elongation. .
And thank you all a lot for helping me identifying the plants I proposed.

 

[Sara G.]

I wouldn't feed basil or mint.
Watercress would be okay in a varied diet.
Arugula is not the same as watercress.

 

[Sara G.]

You can give
Strawberry leaves & flowers
Raspberry leaves.
Pumpkin leaves.
Squash leaves.
Hibiscus leaves & flowers.
Mulberry leaves.
Clover & its flowers.

 

[Mina Adel]

You can give
Strawberry leaves & flowers
Raspberry leaves.
Pumpkin leaves.
Squash leaves.
Hibiscus leaves & flowers.
Mulberry leaves.
Clover & its flowers.

I can't get the leaves of strawberry, pumpkin, squash. I can have only the fruits. We don't have raspberry.
Can I feed them this flowers?

 

[WithLisa]

They can eat roses, flowers and leaves, but don't buy cut flowers from a store, they are treated with pesticides.

 

[JoesMum]

This is Yvonne's list. Look them up on the Tortoise Table website if you're not sure what they look like; you may give these plants a different name

http://thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/plant_database_14.asp

Mulberry leaves
Grape vine leaves
Hibiscus leaves
African hibiscus leaves
Blue hibiscus leaves
Rose of Sharon leaves
Rose leaves
Geraniums
Gazanias
Lavatera
Pansies
Petunias
Hostas
Honeysuckle
Cape honeysuckle
Leaves and blooms from any squash plant, like pumpkin, cucumber, summer squash, etc...
Young spineless opuntia cactus pads

Weeds:
There are soooooooo many...
Dandelion
Mallow
Filaree
Smooth Sow thistle
Prickly Sow thistle
Milk thistle
Goat head weed
Cats ear
Nettles
Trefoil
Wild onion
Wild mustard
Wild Garlic
Clovers
Broadleaf plantain
Narrow leaf plantain
Chick weed
Hawksbit
Hensbit
Hawksbeard

 

[Sara G.]

Most tortoise species can't process the sugars in fruit.
Therefore they shouldn't be fed fruit often, if at all.

 

[Mina Adel]

Most tortoise species can't process the sugars in fruit.
Therefore they shouldn't be fed fruit often, if at all.

10 years ago
When I had only one tortoise and he was inactive . I gave him sugar solution to give him more energy to make him move active.
And the next day I made him dead instead .
So bad .
And I didn't know why he is dead ..
I thought I was treating him properly
But he is too weak to make it .
I am still feeling guilty untill now
He was my first Egyptian tort I got
And he was large 12 cm .
I am still keeping him in my refrigerator in a separate part inthere . I can't let him go .. I can't forget the way he eats. i miss the way he walks . I think i bought this large herd of torts to try to fill the gap that my beloved tort creates after i mistakly killed him.
I wish I can get him back again.
The big problem now is I am deeply attached to each one of my torts .
I spend hours every day to feed and set hiding places and treat every one of them. Every one has its own personality.
I tried to sell one of them yesterday but I couldn't.. I felt guilty.. that
I am selling her to her death. No one know anything about tortoises here.
It can end with some one like the old me and feed her sugar solution to make it powerful and kill her
Here. most of us think that they didn't drink .

 

[JoesMum]

Mina, we all really understand your compassion for these creatures.

However, you already know that you cannot give them all the care that they need.

They are pretty sick and there will be more deaths without proper accommodation, food and veterinary treatment. There isn't much we can do from thousands of miles away.

A couple of links that may be able to help - they mention dogs, cats and donkeys but they say they never turn any animal away. They're a starting point at least and may be able to give you the contact details of someone else
http://www.esmaegypt.org/about-us/about-esma/
http://www.sparelives.org/index.pl/animal_rescues

 

[Mina Adel]

Geranium leaves
Or geranium flowers

 

[Sara G.]

Mina, please take JoesMum's advice. Until you reduce your herd population and have only one tortoise remaining you WILL lose tortoises. They WILL die, it's not an if question anymore, it's a when. You can not afford to wait any longer with this, as it is I'm afraid you might have waited too long already.
I understand that you love these animals, but loving them and causing their deaths does not do them any good.
This isn't an option anymore.

 

[Sara G.]

Until you've thinned your herd and gotten these animals into better care, I'm afraid I don't have anymore advice to offer you.