Hi everyone, I stumbled across this site as I was googling info about the new addition to my family, Gizmo the Russian Tortoise. I'm a tortoise newbie and would welcome any advice or tips anyone has to offer.
I did do quite a bit of research before I got Gizmo, but one thing that I'm not quite clear on is pellets. I'd prefer to keep Gizmo healthy by only feeding him natural food (greens, flowers, weeds etc), as long as I stick to that is it really necessary to feed him pellets? If store bought turtle food is anything like store bought dog food, I'm thinking pellets arent necessary as long as he has a well balanced diet of a variety of greens.
I did do quite a bit of research before I got Gizmo, but one thing that I'm not quite clear on is pellets. I'd prefer to keep Gizmo healthy by only feeding him natural food (greens, flowers, weeds etc), as long as I stick to that is it really necessary to feed him pellets? If store bought turtle food is anything like store bought dog food, I'm thinking pellets arent necessary as long as he has a well balanced diet of a variety of greens.