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Hi all, I'm new to the forum and new to tortoises. We are in Cape Town, South Africa and have recently taken stewardship of Ned, a male bowsprit tortoise. I am looking to see if anyone can advise. Ned stays in our garden, which is mainly indigenous and so contains a number of the plants he would eat in the wild. However, I'm not sure if these are all he needs, so have been supplementing with some green veg and butternut. He goes wild for the butternut.
My question is, how much should I be doing this? How much should a tortoise of his size (1.2kg) be eating at different times of year? I'm concerned that if his system isn't really designed for the veggies and it'd be better for him just to be on the indigenous stuff, but then I'm concerned that maybe there are nutritional gaps in the range of indigenous plants we have.
Any advice would be welcomed.
My question is, how much should I be doing this? How much should a tortoise of his size (1.2kg) be eating at different times of year? I'm concerned that if his system isn't really designed for the veggies and it'd be better for him just to be on the indigenous stuff, but then I'm concerned that maybe there are nutritional gaps in the range of indigenous plants we have.
Any advice would be welcomed.