7 day diet plan / Weeds

[Dag^Jase]

Hi guys

I am having real trouble sourcing weeds! Not because I do not walk much but because I am really wary of what to feed them as I don't want to poison my babies.

Obviously I can easily spot dandelions ( would be an idiot if I cant!). But I wondered is there any comming and glaringly obvious plants I can give them?

I was thinking along the lines of things as common as Buttupy cups / daisys / grass ect?

To tie in with this does anyone have a straightroward diet plan incorporating store brought products? My torts seem to love :

• Mixed Salad Leaves ( I dont feed them iceberg )
• Strawberries
• Cucumber
• Pellets

I vary it as much as possible and only feed them 1 strawberry each a week!! When I give them any cucumber or lettuce I always sprinkle with calcium powder and pellets are usually mixed in with leaves ( I never leave them out to graze.).

I suppose what I am trying to understand is if there is a diet I can buy for them thats safe and varied enough to keep them healthy!

[ibizathetort]

Sticky bud, plaintain and clover are my faves to spot? I'm not very good at identifying either but it all comes with practise

[filardimarg2]

Try looking at this site, it is great for telling you what you can & can't feed.
http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s...ise_home_1.asp thats the link.

Marg.

[Petrus]

I think giving what ibiza suggested would be a very good start. Bramble, vetch etc are easy to find.

[16 shells]

Originally Posted by Dag^Jase

Hi guys

I am having real trouble sourcing weeds! Not because I do not walk much but because I am really wary of what to feed them as I don't want to poison my babies.

Obviously I can easily spot dandelions ( would be an idiot if I cant!). But I wondered is there any comming and glaringly obvious plants I can give them?

I was thinking along the lines of things as common as Buttupy cups / daisys / grass ect?

To tie in with this does anyone have a straightroward diet plan incorporating store brought products? My torts seem to love :

• Mixed Salad Leaves ( I dont feed them iceberg )
• Strawberries
• Cucumber
• Pellets

I vary it as much as possible and only feed them 1 strawberry each a week!! When I give them any cucumber or lettuce I always sprinkle with calcium powder and pellets are usually mixed in with leaves ( I never leave them out to graze.).

I suppose what I am trying to understand is if there is a diet I can buy for them thats safe and varied enough to keep them healthy!

What pellet's do you feed, how much do you feed, how often. have your tort's got decent appetite's.

[pagan queen]

I think it depends on what part of the country you are in. I have never seen vetch growing wild in Kent and milk thistle I didn't know existed until I bought SW seeds. Have you got a local nature reserve near you? They often have leaflets of local weeds/wild plants with pictures. Don't take the weeds from the reserve though.

[Easter Bunny]

Wouldn't it be great if the supermarkets did 'tortoise food in a bag'. Fresh weeds and plants chopped up ready to eat.

I would definately buy it even if it was expensive.

I might apply for 'DRAGONS DEN' and take weeds/plant chopped up it a bag and see if they would invest in me.

[Dag^Jase]

Lynne lets start a business plan!

erm the pellets are green? I feed very few of them !!! They have huge appetites!

[Easter Bunny]

Originally Posted by Dag^Jase

Lynne lets start a business plan!

erm the pellets are green? I feed very few of them !!! They have huge appetites!

Good idea! lol

[16 shells]

Originally Posted by Dag^Jase

Lynne lets start a business plan!

erm the pellets are green? I feed very few of them !!! They have huge appetites!

Komodo then, a complete diet that would be sustaining your tort's along with the supermarket salad mix, 1-2% of the tort's body weight once or twice a week if stretched is not a great deal. Plus weeds/plant's/salad mix other day's, varied diet. Pre Alpin Herb flakes/cob's can be added in. Quite a Varied diet. Cucumber slice as a treat occasionly.