Overfeeding Russian

[abbiesparrow]

I'm just wondering how much I need to feed my Russian tort? She's 2 years old. I give her 20 tortoise pellets in the morning and she eats them when she wakes up but she seems to be going to her food bowl a lot in the evenings after she's eaten her food and I don't know if she's hungry? I don't want to over feed her.

 

[Tom]

Pellets are not the way to go. Neither is the bedding or red bulb that I see in your avatar pic.

Here is a russian care sheet. It explains how to house them and what to feed them.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/

And a couple more:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread...or-other-herbivorous-tortoise-species.107734/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/

To answer your thread question: If you have a large enclosure, the right temps, and feed the right foods, you can just let your tortoise graze freely throughout each day.