oh i thought they were they same plant but in different colours? there's also a white version and lilac one... are the leaves for the purple one edible?
thanks for the reply![hr]
Thanks! I'm guessing as Yvonne said the Columbine are edible its okay for him to eat both =)
This plant is all of my garden in different colours, and my tortoise insists on munching it even when theres dandelions and clovers all over the place...i keep having to take him away from it because i'm not sure if it's poisonous or not and i don't know the plant name to check on care sheets...
Thank you! I was told by someone who has hatchlings of the same species that they are testudo gracea marokkensis too! So I think you maybe right, thats the species he belongs to
Ok thanks Tom, i'll PM Kelly right now, thanks everyone else![hr]
Thanks Kelly i just saw your post I'm going to send you a PM with a few questions if you don't mind helping =)
I live in London, someone brought a few from morocco then their parents didnt let them keep them so he had to give them away, apparently my one is the only one alive now :-( I feed him romaine lettuce, spinach, Rose petals, and sometimes tomatoe but he doesn't eat it much, he prefers the romaine...
Your hatchling is beautiful dalano!
I found a description that sort of fits mr. speed especially as this type of tortoise is from morocco, but i'm still not sure
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/care/cgraeca.html
Yes i've researched sulcatas and their food etc. i'm just worried cause i'm being told that he might not be a sulcata... i'm really excited about him growing big as well, i've heard that they're very strong..but i have a big garden and plenty of space for him inside =)
Thank you! Really appreciate it![hr]
Thank you =D ....if you've ever seen the swan princess theres a tortoise call Mr.speed in it, it's where i got the name, it was my favorite cartoon growing up so speedy is named after him
Hello, i was given a tortoise last June unexpectedly and the person who gave him to me had no idea what breed he is, all i know is that he's originally from Morocco. I was told at the pet shop that it's a sulcata and i thought it was a sulcata up till now, but i've had suggestions of him being a...
Thanks dalano, i'm definitely going to go through the threads to make sure i'm not going wrong anywhere, i think i need to post a new thread to see if someone can identify the breed for me first!
I soak him every day or every other day, i've only recently learnt that i need to put calcium in his food and i'm still not sure where i can buy it from, none of the pet shops near me sell any! He's been getting a lot of natural sunlight recently, but when hes indoors he has a UV light. I have...
I found out that the markings are nothing to worry about by checking the 'possibly related threads' but oh no i hope someone could tell me what breed he is, now i'm worried i've been raising him wrong =(
Hello i'm new here,
to start with i'm not 100% sure that Mr.speed is a Sulcata because he was given to me out of nowhere! I know he/she is from morocco, and a person at the pet shop told me it was a Sulcata so i've been raising him like one but i want to be 100% sure.
I'm worried because...
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Hi everyone! My name is Zahra and my tortoise is called Mr. Speed and we live in London. Speedy was given to me by someone who brought him from morocco last June and they didn't know what breed he was so i'm not entirely sure but i think he/she is a...