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http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/totoise-salad-dressing.149685/ This is another great 'bought' and harvested ingredients post.
Seconded.@Will and @Yvonne G, I was thinking it might be useful to indicate how many tortoises are being fed and/or what the approximate costs of foods are? It would to me anyway! I think my single tortoise food costs are very cheap but being in Southern California with a great farmers market AND an undisturbed field really distorts what most people pay for food.
My wife noticed grape leaves at the 'North Park Produce' store in Vista/Oceanside.
@Will and @Yvonne G, I was thinking it might be useful to indicate how many tortoises are being fed and/or what the approximate costs of foods are? It would to me anyway! I think my single tortoise food costs are very cheap but being in Southern California with a great farmers market AND an undisturbed field really distorts what most people pay for food.
It looks tasty to me!@Will I received your dried opuntia chips, this will be Spur's first batch with it mixed in with his greens and grassland pellets.
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I don't publish a list of animals in total ever anywhere.
Just went to Restaurant Depot and a case of 24 heads of romaine was about $60....I have never seen it that high. Normal price is $13 give or take.
I noticed the supplier is different than normal, and the heads were wrapped in sealed plastic instead of wrapped in an open plastic bag. Hopefully it's just a temporary thing.
I purchased a bundle of methi (fenugreek) here because it is often recommended to/by owners in Asia and India and I wanted to see if it would pass muster with a Russian.
I am thinking that the squash vines are a great "long" fiber inclusion in the diet. I had spent many Tuesday afternoons at a Farmers Market in Mira Mesa, but now living in Carlsbad don't get there. There is a farmers market in Vista, I went once, but no Asian vendors with all those vines with leaves. I have grown some, but the amount they will eat surpassed my production. All good stuff.Wow, she devoured this today, ignoring just about everything else. I've posted a picture of the aftermath. She ate quite a few stems so you can't quite get the full effect, it was a ton of food. At this rate, I'll get my money's worth!
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The picture above was just one plant, fenugreek (also valled "methi" in India). It's from the legume/bean family.What are the ingredients and what type of tortoise do you have
There is a farmers market in Vista, I went once, but no Asian vendors with all those vines with leaves. I have grown some, but the amount they will eat surpassed my production. All good stuff.