Wonderful article, we need more like them. Thank you
I do have one question/suggestion though. You wrote this"
Edible Weeds- Considering that most wild tortoises eat an abundance of weeds, it could be said to be obvious that weeds should make up a considerable amount of a captive tortoise's diet. Clovers, mallows, dandelions, broad leaf plantain, wild violets and strawberries, are all great and easy to find food items.
I was thinking that saying strawberries would be confusing for newer tortoise keepers especially. I'm assuming that since everything else listed in that list is a type of leafy weed that by strawberry you meant the greens and not the fruit. I can just see in my head some young tortoise keeper giving his tort strawberries the fruit because he/she misunderstood and thought that the fruit counted as a very healthy weed option that "should make up a consider amount of a captive tortoise's diet".
Maybe I'm the only one that thought this, and if I am feel free to ignore it.
I do have one question/suggestion though. You wrote this"
Edible Weeds- Considering that most wild tortoises eat an abundance of weeds, it could be said to be obvious that weeds should make up a considerable amount of a captive tortoise's diet. Clovers, mallows, dandelions, broad leaf plantain, wild violets and strawberries, are all great and easy to find food items.
I was thinking that saying strawberries would be confusing for newer tortoise keepers especially. I'm assuming that since everything else listed in that list is a type of leafy weed that by strawberry you meant the greens and not the fruit. I can just see in my head some young tortoise keeper giving his tort strawberries the fruit because he/she misunderstood and thought that the fruit counted as a very healthy weed option that "should make up a consider amount of a captive tortoise's diet".
Maybe I'm the only one that thought this, and if I am feel free to ignore it.