[Fiona88]

Hi guys,

I've had loads of help from you all since I got my tortoise in May. So here's another question.

I bought some seeds from this website to grow weeds for my tortoise. He's a spur-thighed nearly 18 months old. He's roughly 11cm long. When I grew the weeds some that have been really flourishing are what look like thistles (sorry I'm not 100% sure what it is). Basically what I'm worried about is the fact that these leaves have really sharp spikes on them, which have hurt my finger so I'm worried what they will do to his throat!

When I gave him the first ones I cut all the spikes off but I was told that he would be fine as this is what he would eat in the wild. So this morning I gave him some without cutting it but he's only eaten a little bit, which is weird because he eats everything in sight!

Do you think I should cut the spikes off or just not give him these leaves or do you think that it's fine and I am just overly worrying?

Thanks guys
Fiona