wec971111
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hello all,
this is really for my son trevor, he is ten and has been asking us to allow him to have a russian tortoise for a few years. he has read books and watched videos on them. his entire christmas list was everything for the tortoise, based on that and him being responsible my wife and i decided he was ready for it now. my son named him tory (male based on info from forum, it has spur).
growing up i had a variety of pets, closet to a tortoise were three red ear sliders and a painted turtle. these guys really love to bury themselves, seems like he does it more than use his hide. we a trying to only feed him fresh greens (dandelions are his favorite), so far that has been what he prefers. tried the zoo med grassland food, had no interest in it. tory goes crazy for the zoo med flower food topper.
my son is looking forward to start building an raised outdoor pen in the spring and growing all of tory’s food under and in the pen (got a bunch of seed packets for christmas). we have any area of three feet by about twelve feet for the raised pen.
this is really for my son trevor, he is ten and has been asking us to allow him to have a russian tortoise for a few years. he has read books and watched videos on them. his entire christmas list was everything for the tortoise, based on that and him being responsible my wife and i decided he was ready for it now. my son named him tory (male based on info from forum, it has spur).
growing up i had a variety of pets, closet to a tortoise were three red ear sliders and a painted turtle. these guys really love to bury themselves, seems like he does it more than use his hide. we a trying to only feed him fresh greens (dandelions are his favorite), so far that has been what he prefers. tried the zoo med grassland food, had no interest in it. tory goes crazy for the zoo med flower food topper.
my son is looking forward to start building an raised outdoor pen in the spring and growing all of tory’s food under and in the pen (got a bunch of seed packets for christmas). we have any area of three feet by about twelve feet for the raised pen.