You must be in an extremely urban area. Stores do not produce the items you buy and eat they only sell them. They are grown at these places called farms out in the country. All joking aside find an overgrown field somewhere that doesn't get pesticided and cut some of the grasses and bring them home. Perhaps look for a ranch nearby and ask the owner if you can take some of his weeds. I'm sure he'll be fine with it after initially finding the request a bit odd.

BTW I am a landscaper by trade and if you keep your tortoise out in the yard be sure to bring your tortoise inside when your yard is being treated with pesticides and pre-emergent herbicides (post emergent herbicides as well) as they can kill your tortoise I would also water your yard thoroughly after such applications and wait a few days before putting him back out. atrizine which is the most common ingredient in pre-emergent herbicides is a particularly nasty chemical. while I am not aware of it being directly related to any reptile mortalities it tends to have nasty effects on the sex organs of reptiles and amphibians. You do notice that the guy who sprays your lawn wears rubber boots and gloves don't you? there is a reason for that and a reason I don't work in that end of the lawn care business. Sorry for the horror story just trying to give you a heads up. As for his beak in the photo the tortoise looks great.

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