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Thanks! I can't wait for all the plants to grow in. Hopefully he doesn't eat them up before they get established.

Thanks for responding! I have read the linked post and still have some questions. The weather report says it's going to get down to 42 in Lancaster, CA tonight. I will bring him in tonight just to be safe. He does have a burrow I made him with concrete blocks and board that is about maybe a...

Hello ALL! An update and questions. Morty is doing good eating, pooping, running around and seems in generally good spirits. Now the weather is changing and his previous caretaker told me this morning I should bring him in for his winter sleep. I'm wondering should I stop feeding him. now and...

I still need to try that stuff. See if he likes it.

Thanks for replying! Yes I feed him in the morning around 7:30 before I go to work and around 7pm when I get home from work. He seemed okay with that schedule it kind of mimicked his previous schedule. Unfortunately he use to have people and dogs around him during the day and now only sees me in...

Okay so Morty update and behavior question. So since Friday he will come out for breakfast after quite a bit of coaxing. Then when I get him to come over to his food paver he takes a couple of munches and then turns and starts to walk away. When I hold a green bean in front of him he'll eat it...

Yeah I have offered it to him and he will eat it and then not eat it depends on his mood I guess.

Cool thanks! That helps! great information.

Interesting thanks! That's what I was wondering usually the store bought stuff does seem to have a lot of different ingredients made up of a lot of fillers. I think I will try this maybe mix the powder with the pellet mush and gut load the snap peas with it and see how that goes. This might be a...

Like I tried this morning you could make a hay paste and stuff it in a snap pea if Phillip is a picky one! Seriously learn something new everyday and forget half a thing every other! HA!

None yet. I think I'll try that. That's probably just as good as whatever calcium stuff they have at the pet store right? Have you tried both and that's what you prefer or your tort prefers? Thanks for the suggestion!

I was going to soak him last night when I gave him his dinner but he wouldn't come out of his burrow he was sleeping. He ate all his breakfast so I figured he's okay. I do have a large tera cotta plant dish that I fill with fresh water everyday. Still can't tell if he uses it but it's there for...

I haven't tried either yet. I just took over care for Morty 2 and half weeks ago and am still trying to get him back to normal. He got overheated at the previous person's house right before I took over care. They have never given him anything really besides like green beans, peas, lettuce and...

I'm actually going to the pet store today and going to get some of that and the grassland tortoise pellets to throw in the mix. The people who had him before me never gave him any hay or the like before so I hope he takes to it.

I have yet to give him peppers it's on the list though. I'm going to be planting some Bermuda grass soon so hopefully he can munch on that.

I just had this same concern with my new little dude. When she comes out of her burrow see if you can get a rake in there and see if she's going in her burrow. I found one close to his entrance so it's possible. For me it was he was not eating enough substantial food to make a poop after I upped...

For sure! I found another one! YAY! he does seem a bit more energetic so hopefully he continues to improve. Now I have to work on getting his area all cozy! Thanks!

Good news! When I was feeding Morty last night afterwork I noticed by the entrance of his burrow........A POOPS!!!!!! YAY!!!!! I haven't been this excited about poop since I was three!! So glad let's hope there is more! So maybe increasing his food intake worked.

Thanks I'll have to get a better shot of the space. For sure I need to mound it up more! I have his water dish a big tera cotta plant dish in the opposite corner from the gate. The Mulberry Tree in the front gives great shade most of the day except first thing in the morning. I was thinking the...

Thanks! I hope so to! Yeah I'm trying to offer him some other things until I can grow stuff. He really like escarole and snap peas! I know I'm trying to do the best I can for him. He's got a chill personality and is very friendly. It's just hard like I said I don't know what his normal is.