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Originally Posted by sandy
I agree totally here, in the wild they eat far less than tortoises in captivity. Eating foods as the seasons change. And some months there will be no foods.
This is why tortoises in captivity are always far larger than wild. Also a lot of keepers don't hibernate, so again they are eating foods when in a normal year for wild tortoises they wouldn't eat.
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Again nature has taken care to make sure they hatch when there is plenty of food available. By the time the food supply has dwindled they will have gained in size.
Not all over wintered tortoises eat all the time and not the same amount as during the summer. In my experience they slow down to some extent and will not eat on some days. Maybe even wild torts emerge on warmer winter days.