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Diddakai · 05-06-2018, 09:13 PM

While I'm waiting for my other post to be approved, I'll spill some more concerns...

I'm worried that my little guy didn't have an ideal start. He seems a little pyramided already to me. I bought some tortoise pellets from the specialist reptile centre I bought him from - then quickly learned that they can't be that much of a specialist. I took them out on day one. At the centre, he was fed a diet of chopped cabbage, chopped carrot and some kind of lettuce (not iceberg). Here, he's eating Florette Crispy salad bags - I've tried him on all sorts of weeds, but he's just having none of them (will v occasionally eat a dandelion leaf, but not always, and he won't eat any flowers), and I read that the Crispy bags aren't bad, so... I've tried putting plants in with him I know he can eat, I've tried herbs I know they can eat. Nope. I've bought some weed seeds to sew and try next, as I don't have easy access to a vast range of 'clean' weeds. I will find something to tempt his palate!

In the meantime, my logic was the crispy salad (dusted with calcium) is better than the cabbagey carrot stuff he's used to - yes?!

I've added cuttlefish since I set his house up and he munches on that like a trooper. Some days he has loads, others he doesn't touch it, so I'm assuming he's getting what he needs from that and the powder, and it keeps his beak down.

I've also had his claws trimmed since the photos were taken and my next mission is to get some sandpaper in there to try and wear them down naturally.

I have an unused salad planter in the garden that I've been taking him outside to explore in this super hot weather - he just digs and goes to sleep. I don't know if this is because it's too hot, too cold or he just really likes the very deep substrate (though he fully buries himself in his indoor box too).

I absolutely adore him but what I'm learning is, the more you learn, the more you realise there IS to learn.

05-06-2018, 09:13 PM	#4
Diddakai Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 5	While I'm waiting for my other post to be approved, I'll spill some more concerns... I'm worried that my little guy didn't have an ideal start. He seems a little pyramided already to me. I bought some tortoise pellets from the specialist reptile centre I bought him from - then quickly learned that they can't be that much of a specialist. I took them out on day one. At the centre, he was fed a diet of chopped cabbage, chopped carrot and some kind of lettuce (not iceberg). Here, he's eating Florette Crispy salad bags - I've tried him on all sorts of weeds, but he's just having none of them (will v occasionally eat a dandelion leaf, but not always, and he won't eat any flowers), and I read that the Crispy bags aren't bad, so... I've tried putting plants in with him I know he can eat, I've tried herbs I know they can eat. Nope. I've bought some weed seeds to sew and try next, as I don't have easy access to a vast range of 'clean' weeds. I will find something to tempt his palate! In the meantime, my logic was the crispy salad (dusted with calcium) is better than the cabbagey carrot stuff he's used to - yes?! I've added cuttlefish since I set his house up and he munches on that like a trooper. Some days he has loads, others he doesn't touch it, so I'm assuming he's getting what he needs from that and the powder, and it keeps his beak down. I've also had his claws trimmed since the photos were taken and my next mission is to get some sandpaper in there to try and wear them down naturally. I have an unused salad planter in the garden that I've been taking him outside to explore in this super hot weather - he just digs and goes to sleep. I don't know if this is because it's too hot, too cold or he just really likes the very deep substrate (though he fully buries himself in his indoor box too). I absolutely adore him but what I'm learning is, the more you learn, the more you realise there IS to learn.