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I was wondering what would be the best to feed baby leopard torts???

Can you help me with what the best diet is for Baby Leopard Tort's????

Hi,
I don't keep leopards, but there is a forum especially for leopard keepers, and you could try asking about diet on there. It's:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/leopardtortoise-uk/

Nina

choped, chop, chop, w/ warm water moistened

I have had a couple leopards for three years now. One I raisded from a baby. The other I got when it was 5 years. I also just got a new baby.

I feed them all 70% orchard grass, (sometimes other grasses, but orchard seems to be low in protein), a few mazuri pellets. I chop the grass and then soak everything before feeding. Everyday I mix in extras like cactus pads, dandilion leaves, hibiscus leaves, ficus leaves, kale, hibiscus flowers... It all depends on what I can get and I don't mix in all those extras every day, just one of them - maybe two.

@ oldtimeherbs.com (also known as "herbs barks roots llc" You can buy dried stuff like dandilion, chickweed, hibiscus and a bunch of other stuff by the pound. Of, course I soak this with the chopped grass and mazuri. It's not the cheapest way to do it, but a baby eats very little and the dried stuff lasts much longer than fresh. I live in Minnesota and do not have access to the outdoors a lot of the year so I have had to find other sourses for food.

I have also bought fresh greens like kale, dandilion leaves from the store and simply hung upside down from the rafters until it dried. Then when I need it I just soak it. Althought, this is more expensive than buying the stuff dried already.

I have not heard of too many others trying the dried plants option - but I think it is a great way for herp owners to keep variety in the diet and really helps us northern climate keepers.

I would be intersted to know if others agree or if there are any drawbacks to the dried stuff (besides that it's not fresh!)

Awesome diet. The dried grasses etc... does not bother them. Just make sure they have access to water. The only caution is watch the mazuri. Not a fan.

Julia

Where can i get the following.???

cactus pads, dandilion leaves, hibiscus leaves, ficus leaves, kale, hibiscus flowers.