Hi there! I just got my first ever tortoise from Petco, i know not the greatest place, but he was only $30!! So anyways i have yet to see him really eat anything, its been a couple weeks now. He's had some stress let me explain,
We started him in a kiddie pool we had with some semi - wet sand and some leaves until i could build an outdoor enclosure. Don't see him eat really anything i put in the pool for him but i think he's just adjusting. So i finish the outdoor enclosure and put him in there, it seems to go well i even put a hibiscus flower in there for him and see that he's munched on it and even some of the weeds but he tries to escape 80% of the time! Then we got hurricane Irma (Florida) and had to bring him back inside. Again didn't eat. Brought him out again when the storm was over, a couple days, and ants had taken over and started attacking him, so back inside to the pool. Now today and yesterday i decided to get a balloon and taped it to his shell and let him roam the fenced yard. He had barely moved the entire two days he's been out there. Only started moving when my daughters tried to mess with him. He hasn't been getting his vitamins, i think he may be big enough to not need calcium supplements but haven't gotten that either... what do i do? And how do i get these ants away from his area?!
We started him in a kiddie pool we had with some semi - wet sand and some leaves until i could build an outdoor enclosure. Don't see him eat really anything i put in the pool for him but i think he's just adjusting. So i finish the outdoor enclosure and put him in there, it seems to go well i even put a hibiscus flower in there for him and see that he's munched on it and even some of the weeds but he tries to escape 80% of the time! Then we got hurricane Irma (Florida) and had to bring him back inside. Again didn't eat. Brought him out again when the storm was over, a couple days, and ants had taken over and started attacking him, so back inside to the pool. Now today and yesterday i decided to get a balloon and taped it to his shell and let him roam the fenced yard. He had barely moved the entire two days he's been out there. Only started moving when my daughters tried to mess with him. He hasn't been getting his vitamins, i think he may be big enough to not need calcium supplements but haven't gotten that either... what do i do? And how do i get these ants away from his area?!