What To Give Him Over Winter?

[animal-lover506]

Hi it's Ava and Hector(RT),
So I am not hibernating him as he is my first tort and they believed he was not hibernated in the past and suggested against it. He is a rescue by the way.
Anyway, so far I have gotten him enough to eat but we are running low on resources and I have had to start feeding him things he shouldn't have everyday such as carrots and some cucumbers It would be really helpful to have a list of things that could buy maybe at the supermarket(I know thats not the best food for them) and maybe something I could get at Petco as I have read about those little balls and such that you can give them. So, pretty much I just need some help finding food for the winter.
I also wanted to ask, I always feed Hector in the mooring but I have late ballet class and don get home until 8 or 8:30 and I go to see him and he's usually asleep. I normally don't feed him then because I don't want to wake him but, should I be feeding him always at night and wake him or should I let him be? I don't want him to lose weight or anything. How many times a day is normal for a tortoise to eat? I also give him a couple snacks during the day usually in the afternoon.
Sorry for the long post. The bolded are my main questions.
Thanks,
Ava and Hector
ps, it is all dry and cold and sometimes snowy so the dandelions and outdoor resources are extremely low. I have a local home depot that I could check for flowers and weeds and such. Again, thanks!

 

[lismar79]

I wake mine up in the morning. No worries there. I feed about 730 & again at 5.
Store food: endive, escrole, romaine - not too often, dandelion greens, kale, spring mix (salad mix) mustard greens, collard greens, turnip greens. I buy three kinds every week and alternate the next week. Squash is ok to but not in large parts.

 

[animal-lover506]

I wake mine up in the morning. No worries there. I feed about 730 & again at 5.
Store food: endive, escrole, romaine - not too often, dandelion greens, kale, spring mix (salad mix) mustard greens, collard greens, turnip greens. I buy three kinds every week and alternate the next week. Squash is ok to but not in large parts.

Ok Thank you!

 

[Jodie]

I do almost exactly what lismar79 does above. I also buy wheat grass that I add and I grow a grass seed mix and the broad leaf mix from tortoise supply. Twice a week I add grassland grazing tortoise food and three times a week I add Mazuri. Most days I chop up Timothy hay and mix with the greens. Once a week I give cactus, pumpkin or squash. I have 6 Leopards though and 1 is almost 20pounds, so they are a little different. I am not sure RT's eat hay at all. I feed at 6:30 AM and again a little after 4 in the afternoon if it's all gone.