SW Rabbit Guinea pig Seed Mix also suitable for Tortoises?

PumpkinPie · 16-07-2010, 07:22 AM

I have a nicely grown weed patch after buying the Rabbit/ Guinea mix from the SW shop, it contains:

1. Meadow fescue

2. Cocksfoot

3. Sheeps fescue

4. Tall fescue

5. Creeping red fescue

6. Red fescue

7. Timothy grass

8. Dandelion

9. Chickweed

10. Crimson Clover

11. White clover

12. Red clover

13. Aslike clover

14. Chicory

15. Plantain

2. Trefoil

17. Yarrow

18. Shepards Purse

19. Vetch

20. Ladys bedstraw

21. Hedge bedstraw

22. Knapweed

23. Chickweed

24. White Musk Mallow

Are these okay for a Tort to eat? It'll be good if I can share the weed patch between both animals

**Alan1** · 16-07-2010, 07:27 AM

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are okay and some of the others like the bedstraws may be but I'm not sure. look them up on
http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s...ise_home_1.asp

PumpkinPie · 16-07-2010, 07:32 AM

A lot of them are not on that website

ME SHELL · 16-07-2010, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PumpkinPie

I have a nicely grown weed patch after buying the Rabbit/ Guinea mix from the SW shop, it contains:

1. Meadow fescue

2. Cocksfoot

3. Sheeps fescue

4. Tall fescue

5. Creeping red fescue

6. Red fescue

7. Timothy grass

8. Dandelion

9. Chickweed

10. Crimson Clover

11. White clover

12. Red clover

13. Aslike clover

14. Chicory

15. Plantain

2. Trefoil

17. Yarrow

18. Shepards Purse

19. Vetch

20. Ladys bedstraw

21. Hedge bedstraw

22. Knapweed

23. Chickweed

24. White Musk Mallow

Are these okay for a Tort to eat? It'll be good if I can share the weed patch between both animals

The ones marked in Red I'm sure can be eaten in moderation, the others I'm just not sure of

PumpkinPie · 16-07-2010, 07:39 AM

Oh, it's okay. I found this on the SW shop http://www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk...ost-1004-p.asp
It contains everything from the Rabbit mix.

**Alan1** · 16-07-2010, 08:08 AM

.. apart from the fescues and cocksfoot

PumpkinPie · 16-07-2010, 08:14 AM

They sell the Fescues and Cocksfoot in the other mixes

Now I just need a book with pictures so I can see what is what, some mystery thistles have popped up in my weed patch which sprouted from nowhere. There could be other stray plants in there that I might mistake for edible ones.

**Alan1** · 16-07-2010, 09:33 AM

I have this book which is really good and on offer http://www.theworks.co.uk/product.asp?cid=&pid=241 it has most weeds and wild plants

I got it in the shop, not online and was also 4.99

PumpkinPie · 16-07-2010, 09:37 AM

That's excellent, there is one of those book shops right near my house. Thanks a lot

**Alan1** · 16-07-2010, 09:44 AM

that's handy. if they don't have it ask if they can get it for you and you will save the postage. sometimes when I go in they have a couple then none then next time maybe 3 or 4. they never seem to have a big amount

16-07-2010, 07:22 AM	#1
PumpkinPie Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tyne and Wear, UK Posts: 209	SW Rabbit Guinea pig Seed Mix also suitable for Tortoises? I have a nicely grown weed patch after buying the Rabbit/ Guinea mix from the SW shop, it contains: 1. Meadow fescue 2. Cocksfoot 3. Sheeps fescue 4. Tall fescue 5. Creeping red fescue 6. Red fescue 7. Timothy grass 8. Dandelion 9. Chickweed 10. Crimson Clover 11. White clover 12. Red clover 13. Aslike clover 14. Chicory 15. Plantain 2. Trefoil 17. Yarrow 18. Shepards Purse 19. Vetch 20. Ladys bedstraw 21. Hedge bedstraw 22. Knapweed 23. Chickweed 24. White Musk Mallow Are these okay for a Tort to eat? It'll be good if I can share the weed patch between both animals

16-07-2010, 07:27 AM	#2
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	8 11 12 14 15 18 19 are okay and some of the others like the bedstraws may be but I'm not sure. look them up on http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s...ise_home_1.asp

16-07-2010, 07:32 AM	#3
PumpkinPie Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tyne and Wear, UK Posts: 209	A lot of them are not on that website

16-07-2010, 07:39 AM	#5
PumpkinPie Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tyne and Wear, UK Posts: 209	Oh, it's okay. I found this on the SW shop http://www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk...ost-1004-p.asp It contains everything from the Rabbit mix.

16-07-2010, 08:08 AM	#6
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	.. apart from the fescues and cocksfoot

16-07-2010, 08:14 AM	#7
PumpkinPie Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tyne and Wear, UK Posts: 209	They sell the Fescues and Cocksfoot in the other mixes Now I just need a book with pictures so I can see what is what, some mystery thistles have popped up in my weed patch which sprouted from nowhere. There could be other stray plants in there that I might mistake for edible ones.

16-07-2010, 09:33 AM	#8
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I have this book which is really good and on offer http://www.theworks.co.uk/product.asp?cid=&pid=241 it has most weeds and wild plants I got it in the shop, not online and was also 4.99

16-07-2010, 09:37 AM	#9
PumpkinPie Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tyne and Wear, UK Posts: 209	That's excellent, there is one of those book shops right near my house. Thanks a lot

16-07-2010, 09:44 AM	#10
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	that's handy. if they don't have it ask if they can get it for you and you will save the postage. sometimes when I go in they have a couple then none then next time maybe 3 or 4. they never seem to have a big amount

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