01-10-2009, 03:18 PM | #1 |
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Hi new to the forun me and the kids have bought a horsefield tortoise ,made my own table 3ftx2 ft gota basking lamp uv tube all ok not sure what he eats,try apple ok carrets no , had a kwik look on forum dandlions look popural got some they went doun a treat what else can i give him ie from the veg shop and wild growing in the feild , also can they eat leveses of a sunflower as we have loads
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01-10-2009, 05:53 PM | #2 |
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Hi there, vegetables are not good foods for Horsfields the best thing you can offer him is as wide a variety of edible weeds as you can
Here are a few to get you started: Dandelion leaves and flowers Plantain Mallow Clover Bindweed sow thistle Nipplewort Bittercress You can find illustrations of lot of weeds in this section of the forum |
01-10-2009, 06:15 PM | #3 |
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Hello and welcome to SW
If you search edible weeds you will find lots that your tortoise can eat
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01-10-2009, 06:20 PM | #4 |
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seeds are available from the shop so you can grow your own weeds also they eat flowers and leaves of plants like Hollyhocks and Nasturgem, Lavetera and Forget me not. Lots others so please keep asking |
01-10-2009, 06:26 PM | #5 |
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Bitter Cress Bristley Ox Tongue Campanula Cuckoo Flower Cransbil Dandilion Dead Nettle Garlic Mustard Goats Beard Grasses Hedge Mustard Herb Robert Hibiscus Honeysuckle - flowers Hosta Jack by the Hedge Lavatera Mallow Milk Thistle Mimulas Mulberry Nashturtium Nipple Wort Pansies Petunia Plaintain - greater Plaintain - slender Rose - petals only Sedum Self Heal Sow Thistle Speedwell Sticky Bud Vetch Viola Violets Yarrow Hope these help
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01-10-2009, 07:09 PM | #6 |
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Great list star - cheeky I know but we need to add illustrations and it would be a perfect beginners guide for taking out and about
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01-10-2009, 08:54 PM | #7 |
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has a great tort food list with pictures it can be downloaded and printed of to take on your weed walks http://www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/Diet.htm#plantlist These illustrations can now be downloaded as a zipfile, to print your own reference booklet. There are ten A4 pages with two species illustrated on each, plus a front and back cover. For best results save to disk, open in your image editing program and print on photo paper at at least 150 dpi. To print with the correct layout, in print Properties click the Layout tab and check 'Reduce/Enlarge' and 'Fit to Page' with A4 selected. (Don't check Centered.) The sheets can then be halved and assembled in an A5 display book. All images are copyrighted but may be copied for educational purposes. |
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I've got that but star's list is far more comprehensive!!
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01-10-2009, 09:30 PM | #9 |
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Thanks purplelynn
I'm not sure if anyone would find this useful....I take it with me everywhere. Its just snippets of info I find and images of weeds and plants that they can eat....every time I come across something I think is useful or a weed or plant,then I cut and past it into here....I've taken out most of the other stuff to kind of produce an edible list...again, not sure if its any help. The only problem is, I am unable to load the file as a link here or even a pdf link...if anyone can help then I am happy to forward this to anyone who wants it.
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01-10-2009, 09:53 PM | #10 |
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star can you send it as an email
then we could see if we can link it somehow |
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