Hi Everyone
I hope you are all well. I have a baby horsefield tortoise (9 months old), I got him around 3 months ago and he has settled in well. Im a little bit concerned that he eats so much though - im sure I read on here that you can overfees tortoises, and im concerned that I might be! He will literally hang out waiting for food to appear in his dish, eat it all up and then be waiting around in his empty dish! He is very active, drinks from his water dish and spends lots of time basking under his lamp. I had been feeding him daily (about the amount of his shell) then read that I should be only feeding him every other day but he just sits in his dish if its empty!! Id love to know your thoughts on whether this is normal and how foten youre feeding your baby tortoises?
Many thanks!
I hope you are all well. I have a baby horsefield tortoise (9 months old), I got him around 3 months ago and he has settled in well. Im a little bit concerned that he eats so much though - im sure I read on here that you can overfees tortoises, and im concerned that I might be! He will literally hang out waiting for food to appear in his dish, eat it all up and then be waiting around in his empty dish! He is very active, drinks from his water dish and spends lots of time basking under his lamp. I had been feeding him daily (about the amount of his shell) then read that I should be only feeding him every other day but he just sits in his dish if its empty!! Id love to know your thoughts on whether this is normal and how foten youre feeding your baby tortoises?
Many thanks!