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Thank you! Left to right is green pea (kind of tough but my dogs LOVE them), buckwheat, radish (my favorite) and the one that looks like just like squash is actually sunflower (nice texture and tastes a bit like the seeds).

This is an example of my sprouts---about 4 days in a dark cupboard and 3 or 4 days on the windowsill and they're done. I could imagine a tortoise mowing through them =) I'll have more starting in the cabinet so I always have a supply. A tsp to Tablespoon of soaked sprouting seeds in each tin...

Where I am in Texas the stores are picked clean and having to shorten their hours. Luckily, I've always kept extras by nature--dried beans and grains, canned goods, etc. (except we almost had a toilet paper emergency when we were down to the last roll and couldn't find any, and finally found...

I have a gulf coast box turtle that despises her veggies so I don't have that issue, but I have been growing "salad spouts" in my house with great success for myself personally. I wonder if there would be some tort favorites? I personally grow buckwheat, sunflower, radish, pea and broccoli...

Really nice enclosure! And I completely agree about the vermin.

I'm definitely in the better safe than sorry club. We've moved 3 times and had to create 3 different enclosures, and they've always had wire cloth/wood framed lids on hinges that were secured down when closed, solid enclosure sides and buried thick shade cloth or wire cloth. When we lived in...

Hi Shepherd--- Yes, I do think you are onto something with her hunting for her own food. A couple of weeks ago I noticed on the Turtle-Cam (don't ask ;) that she seemed to be picking around and gobbling up some bugs. Since my last post she's been doing great--- up and exploring, wading...

Hey Lisa--- Just wanted to finally thank you for the suggestion of nightcrawlers. Chiquita actually returned to hibernation for quite some time after my original post, but she's back up and into her routine this week. She's a shy creature and I feed her under one of those hollowed out half-logs...

I feed Chiquita in her outdoor enclosure, so I'd be kind of worried about escapees creating a whole new colony of roach out here. Wouldn't the neighbors just love me....as if we don't have enough bugs in the deep south? ;) One time I bought a carton of crickets with the unrealistic thought...

Awww, she's so beautiful- thank you for sharing! Couldn't find the nightcrawlers locally, so I have some coming in the mail next week. Thank you for the tip....fingers are crossed!

Hey Lisa--- I've never even thought of integrade turtles....is that the same as a hybrid? And I haven't tried nightcrawlers, but I will definitely give them a shot. Going to walk down to the marina right now to see if the bait shop has them =) Thank you for your response!

Hi all- I inherited a lovely old female Gulf Coast Box Turtle a few years back. (Herp vet thinks she's at least upwards of 40 years old). We started out in California and moved to Savannah, Georgia a couple of years ago. But upon that move, I'm having a really hard time feeding her something...