Hello everyone!
My greek tort named Zeus is a little over a year old. Since a baby, he was fed various store-bought lettuces and weeds along with some fruit, vegetables and a hibiscus flowers from time to time. I always follow Tortoisetable.com's plant database to know what is okay and not okay for him to eat. This database is legit!
After reading various threads own growing your own vegetation, i decided to start growing my own plants and weeds, such as various grasses, hay, clovers, plantain, mach, in order to enhance my tort's diet. I also wanted to have a big enough grow area in which my tort can freely graze and eat at his liking!!! (talk about spoiled ) So, i turned one of my closet's into a greenroom. i bought 2 types of tortoise seed mix online from Carolinapetsupply.com. One was a grazing tortoise mix and the other was a broadleaf mix (the mixes are great). I also purchased an 130W L.E.D growing light since i will be growing indoors with no sunlight. The light seems to work great!! I gutted the closet, put a 4ft x 2ft tub with a stand and hung the light. Last week, I filled the tub with potting soil and spread the seed mix around.
I have uploaded a few pics.
The first is of Zeus!
The other 2 pictures are taken today, 4 days after i planted the seed mix! The progress is great.
I will keep posting pics with updates!! Feel free to ask questions.
cheers!
My greek tort named Zeus is a little over a year old. Since a baby, he was fed various store-bought lettuces and weeds along with some fruit, vegetables and a hibiscus flowers from time to time. I always follow Tortoisetable.com's plant database to know what is okay and not okay for him to eat. This database is legit!
After reading various threads own growing your own vegetation, i decided to start growing my own plants and weeds, such as various grasses, hay, clovers, plantain, mach, in order to enhance my tort's diet. I also wanted to have a big enough grow area in which my tort can freely graze and eat at his liking!!! (talk about spoiled ) So, i turned one of my closet's into a greenroom. i bought 2 types of tortoise seed mix online from Carolinapetsupply.com. One was a grazing tortoise mix and the other was a broadleaf mix (the mixes are great). I also purchased an 130W L.E.D growing light since i will be growing indoors with no sunlight. The light seems to work great!! I gutted the closet, put a 4ft x 2ft tub with a stand and hung the light. Last week, I filled the tub with potting soil and spread the seed mix around.
I have uploaded a few pics.
The first is of Zeus!
The other 2 pictures are taken today, 4 days after i planted the seed mix! The progress is great.
I will keep posting pics with updates!! Feel free to ask questions.
cheers!