How long before i should worry?

[EJ]

What kind of lettuce?

Originally Posted by pwinkie03

they are in a table, its a small one as they are still so young as people reccomended to me on here. the hot end is 30-31C during the day, cool end never drops below 20-21C, and at night the warm end is 18C on a thermostat and the cool end doesn't go below 16c. though they spend most of their time in the hide on the warm end.

i didn't think about them eating it... :/ i have been giving living lettuce for the last 3 days as they had a week of just weeds and wouldn't touch it. i mix the lettuce with soaked grass pellets i brought from shelled warriors shop, a little aloe, optunia and dried flowers. the weeds i've positively id so far are dandelion, slender plantain and field marigold.. all of which they wont touch, even when chopped and mixed with the lettuce. i also have spider plants on the table that they haven't touched.

i fed the lettuce because i was told they were raised on a lettuce and weed mix.

Louise

[pwinkie03]

its a crispy and darker leaved mix of living lettuce. not sure what actual type, there are 3 different leaves, but i assumed it was ok as its not iceburg or anything like that

[Easter Bunny]

Is it the 3 different kinds of lettuce you get in Florette?

[pwinkie03]

not sure :/ the frilly looking one, a darker green one with redish tinges and a bright green broad leaf too.

on a brighter note... sheldon just urinated in his bath

i gave them a weed heavy mix today all chopped up with lettuce and even a little cucumber juice for temptation.. they both took one sniff and went to bed. grr!

Louise

[EJ]

That doesn't sound bad. Watch out to make sure ther is not too much spinach if it is a similar mix to what we have in the states. We call it spring mix. Even Iceberg lettuce has some nutritional value... mainly the darker leaves that the grocery usually throws out.

Originally Posted by pwinkie03

its a crispy and darker leaved mix of living lettuce. not sure what actual type, there are 3 different leaves, but i assumed it was ok as its not iceburg or anything like that

[pwinkie03]

Originally Posted by EJ

That doesn't sound bad. Watch out to make sure ther is not too much spinach if it is a similar mix to what we have in the states. We call it spring mix. Even Iceberg lettuce has some nutritional value... mainly the darker leaves that the grocery usually throws out.

its a growing planted lettuce on my windowsill in a pot! not a bag mix, so no there is no spinach i've seen the same thing mentioned in many tortoise threads, some people plant them in their tables, some people use them to supplement food... so when i saw it i thought that it was an ok one thanks, Louise

[littlestar]

would try them on florette salad mix (the one with lambs lettuce in)and look at pre alpin baby to sprinkle on i this is what i use with my stars this time of year.

don't forget little torts do little do's.

[Alan1]

Originally Posted by pwinkie03

not sure :/ the frilly looking one, a darker green one with redish tinges and a bright green broad leaf too.

on a brighter note... sheldon just urinated in his bath

i gave them a weed heavy mix today all chopped up with lettuce and even a little cucumber juice for temptation.. they both took one sniff and went to bed. grr!

Louise

is it the ASDA one? there's not much nutrition in it

[Alan1]

there's one that Morrisons and Tesco are selling called Lasting Leaf which contains a lot of Radicchio, also contains iceberg which I thow out. it has that crinkly/frilly stuff too

[pwinkie03]

not sure where my husband got it from, i think it was tescos... but anyway here is a pic:



they seen to go for the frilly stuff first, most of the snow outside has melted so i will wrap up and do some weeding then post up pics of my findings. hopefully there will be more stuff i can feed them. ill get some different stuff from the supermarket too, i saw on tortoise table they can eat the red leaf lettuce too, if i mix that with the soaked grass pellets they might go for it.

thanks, Louise