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I was just curious does anyone use the ZOOMED Natural Grassland Tortoise food? is this something that can be fed as a staple or should it just be mixed up with different greens and such? does anyone have a recipe for a tortoise staple diet? thanks all

ps this is Fudu btw my new little baby

Fudu

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2.2 crested geckos
0.0.1 sulcata tortoise
4.0 Dwarf dune geckos
4.0 Western green toads
1.0.1 Reed frogs
1.0 madag. hissing cockroach

I use the zoo med grassland diet mixed with a little bit of the tortoise monsterdiet and my little one seems happy and fine with it, they have the vitamins and calciums and other minerals mixed in and it is fairly easy to prepare. If you don't mind my asking, what do you use now?

the zoomed is what i'm using i was just seeing if that was ok plus i add in a little greens too i am also trying to find prickly pear paddles as well
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2.2 crested geckos
0.0.1 sulcata tortoise
4.0 Dwarf dune geckos
4.0 Western green toads
1.0.1 Reed frogs
1.0 madag. hissing cockroach

Where you live can have a lot to do with whether or not you can find prickly pear cactus, especially the spineless variety. Plus is that most nurseries have them in stock, or can order them at the very least.

I don't know. Personally, I don't offer my tortoises any commercial food, with the exception of the red footed tortoises I've owned, who I fed vitamin fortified, soaked and softened cat food or commercial tortoise food. These served only as supplements, however. My sulcatas are raised on a diet of leafy greens and mixed grasses, the latter composing the majority of the diet. When my animals were young, they subsisted primarily on mixed weeds (i.e. dandelion, clover, sow thistle, grape leaves, mulberry leaves, hibiscus leaves, althea flowers (such are excellent in the summer in South Texas), hibiscus flowers, winter grass, etc.), and this diet was supplemented with leafy greens (i.e. romaine lettuce, mustard greens, collard greens, kale,etc.) and other vegetables (zuchini, calbaza, pumpkin, yellow squash, cucumber, and an occasional piece of fruit). Keep in mind one does not feed all of these items at every feeding. If you wish to grow some of these items yourself, their frequency will vary seasonally, which will also assist your animal in adapting to the local climate, so long as it is not so unlike it's native one.

T.G.

Don't know if you have found your cactus yet, but the spineless Opuntia is SOOOO much easier to handle and very easily grown. The torts really love it!