Hi all
I will tell you all about my household.
I am married with three grown up children, 7 parrots (all rescues) ,four dogs ,two cockatiels and I share 5 horses with my youngest daughter. Just recently I have added a leopard tort that was hatched last christmas . He (we were told) is a lovely little chap and seems to be thriving but I am a little concerned that his diet was not what it could be but I have changed that but he does seem to have deep grooves between each section on his shell. He is in a tortoise table filled with potting compost mixed with play sand, he had edible plants, a heat UVB and UVA basking lamp, his bath and sphagnum moss to keep his humidity at the right level. He has a flat rock that his food goes on and the food is dusted with calcium powder each day and he also has two hollow logs to hide in.
We own a village shop and post office so are at home all day, I also work for a parrot rescue as an advisor for cockatoo problems, that's where all my birds come from and some of them have major mental problems and mutilate themselves , not just pulling feathers but ripping their flesh as well.
We are in the process of sorting out his outdoor run and have his future mapped out as my daughter will take him on when we can no longer look after him and she has six acres so he won't be short of space.
My only question is can I plant wild spagnum moss from my local forest on our local mountain in his table or will it harm him?
I will tell you all about my household.
I am married with three grown up children, 7 parrots (all rescues) ,four dogs ,two cockatiels and I share 5 horses with my youngest daughter. Just recently I have added a leopard tort that was hatched last christmas . He (we were told) is a lovely little chap and seems to be thriving but I am a little concerned that his diet was not what it could be but I have changed that but he does seem to have deep grooves between each section on his shell. He is in a tortoise table filled with potting compost mixed with play sand, he had edible plants, a heat UVB and UVA basking lamp, his bath and sphagnum moss to keep his humidity at the right level. He has a flat rock that his food goes on and the food is dusted with calcium powder each day and he also has two hollow logs to hide in.
We own a village shop and post office so are at home all day, I also work for a parrot rescue as an advisor for cockatoo problems, that's where all my birds come from and some of them have major mental problems and mutilate themselves , not just pulling feathers but ripping their flesh as well.
We are in the process of sorting out his outdoor run and have his future mapped out as my daughter will take him on when we can no longer look after him and she has six acres so he won't be short of space.
My only question is can I plant wild spagnum moss from my local forest on our local mountain in his table or will it harm him?