FoggyStreets
New Member
New tortoise owner, adopted a 2-3 year old tortoise from a friend who is no longer interested in her. She's a russian tortoise and I named her Tirtouga.
I did some research before I took her in and learned they should mainly eat flowers. I'm totally up for growing that for her. I'm going to go to the store this weekend to get some seeds. On my list, I've currently got california poppies, mexican asters, balloon flowers, and geranium, if they have it. Geranium seems to be out of stock, though, according to the website.
Is this enough for the season for her or should I get more variety? I also ordered a thing of calcium supplement, I don't know if she'll need it all the time but I thought it couldn't hurt and I wanted to be sure I was giving her everything she needs.
I don't think she's a very picky eater. It's dandelion season here now, so I've been picking her some of those and feeding them to her and she seems to have no problem chowing down on them.
I've learned she's more of a fan of stems and leaves than petals, but she eats the petals too eventually.
Oh, and while I'm here - I've had her for around 2 weeks and I've soaked her once per week. Is that enough? She's again about 3 years old. She has a dish with water in it in her enclosure but just in case that wasn't enough for her I've been taking her out and soaking her myself. I'm supposed to do that, right?
I did some research before I took her in and learned they should mainly eat flowers. I'm totally up for growing that for her. I'm going to go to the store this weekend to get some seeds. On my list, I've currently got california poppies, mexican asters, balloon flowers, and geranium, if they have it. Geranium seems to be out of stock, though, according to the website.
Is this enough for the season for her or should I get more variety? I also ordered a thing of calcium supplement, I don't know if she'll need it all the time but I thought it couldn't hurt and I wanted to be sure I was giving her everything she needs.
I don't think she's a very picky eater. It's dandelion season here now, so I've been picking her some of those and feeding them to her and she seems to have no problem chowing down on them.
I've learned she's more of a fan of stems and leaves than petals, but she eats the petals too eventually.
Oh, and while I'm here - I've had her for around 2 weeks and I've soaked her once per week. Is that enough? She's again about 3 years old. She has a dish with water in it in her enclosure but just in case that wasn't enough for her I've been taking her out and soaking her myself. I'm supposed to do that, right?