Describing commonly found natural food in the UK, tips on how to pick and feed your pet with confidence with advice from Eleanor at TortoiseMatters. Please Follow, like and send requests!
Been watching your videos in preparation for my Marginated tortoise arriving in the next few weeks. Your videos are so helpful and informative. Thank you! A question/video i would like to see is fridge hibernation as it may be my only option for the short term of three years. Thank you!
Pokemontpeee Tpeee wow Singapore! What kind of tortoise do you keep there? Defo the hibiscus and oriental salad leaves you could consider. You may find some useful plant reference on the tortoise table website. There is also some good food ration articles on the tortoise trust website too. If you need to feed cultivates just stay away from the veggie and fruit and have a food vitamin and mineral supplement. (See my food prep video) Access to outdoors if at all possible for natural UV. Hope this helps :)
Hi. I have a lot of photinia bushes in my garden and am concerned because I’ve been given a gift of two small tortoises , they are adorable my question is can they eat the photinia leaves? Or would they be harmful to them? Thank you so much for your great videos
I keep 2 sulcatas in south florida. The enclosure includes Bermuda grass, mexican clover "a fave for them", hibiscus bushes and wild grape vine! Oh I have a prickly pear cactus too that they eat! I'll give the soaked alfalfa mixed with mazuri too and some greens as treats! Love your vids!
Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like a dream mix. Mazuri is a little tricky to get in the uk on mass but close variations are beginning to appear at an affordable price for those with larger breeds such as sulcata. Maybe see you at ttpg conference in Arizona in November. Hoping to present :)
Thank you I really appreciate the information because I have a lot of anxiety trying to feed my russian new plants. I managed to find 3 different weeds my baby russian tortoise always eat and I was just wondering if you think that is enough of a variety for Kooper until summer time when the habiscus flowers start to grow? Also I was just wondering if you could tell me if it is safe if one day every 2 weeks, I feed my baby Russian tortoise a healthy amount of canned pumpkin (pure blended, no sugar or anything else added) as its only meal for the day? Thanks again for the information and God bless you and your loved ones!
Hi I wouldn’t recommend canned pumpkin due to the sugar content. You are better sticking with a fancy salad mix with frilled lettuce leafs like romaine which is the best vitamin content. Avoid salad mix with spinach, beetroot or cabbage family in as they can prevent the absorption of calcium. I’d also recommend getting your tortoise to having desert tortoise grass cobs and dried flower mix in diet. It will take time to covert but long term your little guy will be a lot healthier :) hope this helps
Nice. I manage to forage and get plantain. Dandelion. Clover. Mallow. Thistle. But the most common is bristly ox tongue weeds here, they are a safe feed but it's very hard to get them to eat them . Usually cucumber juice and a bit of nutrazu spread over them can trick them to eat it
Agreed. Younger leaves seem to be more appealing as softer, but something on or around a less favoured leaf can help when introducing something new. Also larger species such as Sulcata, leopard and Aldabra seem less bothered by the course browse as tougher mouths. I also find mulberry and bramble leaves are hard sell but for the giants it’s perfect for picking as large amounts as browse.
It's so hard to find helpful and consistent advice on the internet. Your videos are truly helpful and clear. Thank you. Please do more. Can you please do another video on indoor enclosure setups?
@@tortoise_matters We have a Mediterranean tortoise (marginated). My girlfriend actually found him abandoned on the street and we took him in after no luck finding an owner. He has lived in a vivarium, recommended by the local reptile shop, however after research, I'm worried this is incorrect and he should be in a tortoise table instead. Can you offer a video on the best indoor setup for a med tortoise in the UK? (worried about whether temps can be kept right, etc).
Chris Penny marginated tortoise can get quite big so it’s a good idea to consider a greenhouse for summer indoor quarters if possible. Failing this a large tray in a garage or in house for winter months would work well. I’ll make sure I do another indoor setup example soon.