HammersTow
New Member
Hi everybody, I'm a new tort mom here in Tucson, AZ. I've never had tortoises before so know next to nothing. I inhereted two desert torts, Mickey and Minny, and have had them for about a year. They have a large area, relatively speaking, with a water source, a den that is well insulated, lots of shaded places and a dog who totally ignores her and cats who do the same. My only problem or fear is that I rarely see the female, Minny, eating. The male eats well, everyday, but Minny, not so much. I've never seen her eat anything I have put out for them. The only time I see her eat is when I take her out on supervised walks and she eats the native plants. Unfortunately I can't walk her every day and I worry that she isn't getting enough to eat. Last spring I harvested a bunch of dried native grasses and kept them in paper bags in my work shop and fed her those. But I'm all out of that and they haven't grown yet this year so again, I'm afraid she isn't eating enough.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.