Things are growing!!

[Ashliewood]

 

[Torty Mom]

Yay!!! It's great when things start to sprout!

 

[tyler0912]

i love the feeling when youve' grown something and its still alive lol!
is your waterbowl always that clean or did you clean it for the pic? [thats what i do] if not your tort is very clean!

 

[ascott]

You are funny Tyler....LOL

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good job on the growth too

 

[Ashliewood]

Hah ya he just had his soak so I cleaned the bowl too he is NOT clean...je started burrowing everywhere so u always cover his burrows up so he has something to do

 

[lynnedit]

Very exciting!

 

[Ashliewood]

He also got his first taste of mazuri today with some lettuce... Ate it all up

 

[Jacqui]

Okay you posted yesterday that they have sprouted, it's in a Russian enclosure and it's been a day, so the big question is: are any of them left?

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

Personally, I'm threw with growing things in my tortoise enclosure. Either the torties gobble them up or squash them flat, and if they persist, then they either take over and keep the substrate static, or else rot and attract flies. I'm threw with soil as a substrate, too. Me, I like keeping my tank minimal.

 

[Yvonne G]

I think the best idea I've seen about growing things in an indoor habitat was the one where someone bought several kitty litter pans, punched a few drainage holes in the bottoms, filled them with potting soil and planted the seeds in the pans. When the seeds started to grow, they dug out a space in the substrate in the habitat and set one pan into the substrate. This way they had two more kitty litter pans to substitute for when the one "in use" was trampled or eaten.

 

[Ashliewood]

YeS he is trampling them but they are still ok I have a back up planter outside in case he tramples them to death

 

[tyler0912]

You are funny Tyler....LOL

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good job on the growth too

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haha thankyou!

 

[Jacqui]

I think the best idea I've seen about growing things in an indoor habitat was the one where someone bought several kitty litter pans, punched a few drainage holes in the bottoms, filled them with potting soil and planted the seeds in the pans. When the seeds started to grow, they dug out a space in the substrate in the habitat and set one pan into the substrate. This way they had two more kitty litter pans to substitute for when the one "in use" was trampled or eaten.

Instead of the cat litter pans, I like to use the plastic tubs the spring greens came in. I use the little litter pans tho too, but just because I already had them.

 

[Momof4]

Nice enclosure!

 

[Ashliewood]

thanks its a three shelf book case i got on craigslist for free...not too bad

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

Congrats!! It is sooo exciting to see things grow! Great job!

 

[rayphil]

very nice..congrats on the growth..bet you had a smile on your face when you seen it...

 

[Ashliewood]

So I was gone mostly all day and he ate everything lol silly boy

 

[Jacqui]

So I was gone mostly all day and he ate everything lol silly boy

Typical healthy Russian is all I have to say.