For starters helo everyone! I am new to this forum and look forward to getting more familiar! So, here's the deal - I have a six year old sulcata tortoise, she is relatively small and we live in Indiana! From the time she was 2 until she was 5 1/2 she lived with my older sister who is a wildlife biologist. My family has had a sulcata before, so when I took her from my sister, I did not forsee any problems, but alas, I think there are. I will list some concerns with her diet ;
1) she never drinks water, and today was the first time I was able to properly soak her without her trying to climb out. Ive gotten worried and have started misting her food/adding thin cucumber slices. Any ideas?
2) for a short period she lived with my sister in a remote area of Estonia, and she had to feed her a more vegetable heavy diet. I've been trying to wane her off of it, to the point her current diet is now 1/3 vegetable and two parts grass. I'm worried about quiting it cold turkey because of water issue.
3) on warm days I let her graze freely in my backyard, which is filled with cover and a patch of weeds my father allows to grow just for her. How much can grazing substitute meals?
Thank you very much for your patience! I would prefer to contact my sister, but she is out of range doing wildlife stuff. Any replies would be helpful, and Gogo (tort) and I both thank you!
1) she never drinks water, and today was the first time I was able to properly soak her without her trying to climb out. Ive gotten worried and have started misting her food/adding thin cucumber slices. Any ideas?
2) for a short period she lived with my sister in a remote area of Estonia, and she had to feed her a more vegetable heavy diet. I've been trying to wane her off of it, to the point her current diet is now 1/3 vegetable and two parts grass. I'm worried about quiting it cold turkey because of water issue.
3) on warm days I let her graze freely in my backyard, which is filled with cover and a patch of weeds my father allows to grow just for her. How much can grazing substitute meals?
Thank you very much for your patience! I would prefer to contact my sister, but she is out of range doing wildlife stuff. Any replies would be helpful, and Gogo (tort) and I both thank you!