leoturt
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Trying to feed only stuff that grow naturally (most of them) from around our house to try to stay away from store bought salads (since lettuces are not very nutritious, for one) and other foods. There is the exception of grassland tortoise diet that I try to feed it too.
These are:
-various grasses (my 3 month old baby leopard enjoys eating grass) - but it will not eat storebought catgrass/wheatgrass
-ribwort plantain (it devours them)
-dandelion weed and flower
-cat's ear
-hawksbeard or hawkweed (can't remember which one)
-hawkbit
-hen and chicks succulent (we planted a few years ago)
-red deadnettle
I'll mix in like 3-4 of these foods for each day, along with grasses.
My main question is, is this enough variety? Sometime I will throw in some store bought food like radicchio or something else, but that's hard these day cus of the pandemic.
there's a bunch of other plants growing that I haven't looked into yet and will try to feed if they are safe by looking at the tortoise table.
Overall, there isn't a ton of those plants growing around our house so I'm looking to plant them myself to have more of them available later.
If anyone has any tips for growing any of the plants (except grass and weeds) listed above, let me know.
Lastly, I bought zoomed grassland tortoise diet, but the baby hates it. Even if i mix it in, the baby will stay away from it and try to slide it off using it's arm while it's eating plants that have it sicking to them. Any tips on helping it to like grassland tortoise diet?
These are:
-various grasses (my 3 month old baby leopard enjoys eating grass) - but it will not eat storebought catgrass/wheatgrass
-ribwort plantain (it devours them)
-dandelion weed and flower
-cat's ear
-hawksbeard or hawkweed (can't remember which one)
-hawkbit
-hen and chicks succulent (we planted a few years ago)
-red deadnettle
I'll mix in like 3-4 of these foods for each day, along with grasses.
My main question is, is this enough variety? Sometime I will throw in some store bought food like radicchio or something else, but that's hard these day cus of the pandemic.
there's a bunch of other plants growing that I haven't looked into yet and will try to feed if they are safe by looking at the tortoise table.
Overall, there isn't a ton of those plants growing around our house so I'm looking to plant them myself to have more of them available later.
If anyone has any tips for growing any of the plants (except grass and weeds) listed above, let me know.
Lastly, I bought zoomed grassland tortoise diet, but the baby hates it. Even if i mix it in, the baby will stay away from it and try to slide it off using it's arm while it's eating plants that have it sicking to them. Any tips on helping it to like grassland tortoise diet?
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