Re: New Mother

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Posted by Heather on June 26, 2000 at 03:16:23:

In Reply to: New Mother posted by Mic on June 25, 2000 at 09:24:13:

If you can provide some natural graze, your tort will love you for it.
If you don't have a yard area to plant, you can plant pasture mix in shallow pots or trays and feed from there.
Annie Lancaster sells a very good pasture mix at her site - www.turtlestuff.com

If you are going to feed grocery products stick with dark leafy greens.
Avoid things like spinach, cabbage, chards, brocoli, fruits, and beans - they all have some negative aspects to them...high in oxalic acid or other elements.
Small amounts of them in a highly varied diet will not kill your tortoise, but they should not be a main staple of the diet.
Also note that parsley is a natural laxative to torts.

Here are some links that might be helpful.
Darrel's chart of replacement foods might be of interest to you. He lists important factors like Ca:P ratio and lists some foods to generally avoid.

California Turtle and Tortoise Club/Russian Care
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/russ.html
Tortoise Trust/Horsfield's Care
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/horsfield.html
Darrell Senneke/Replacement foods
http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/nutrient.htm
Melissa Kaplan/MBD article
http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/mbd2.html
Tortoise Trust/Dietary Const.
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/dietcons.html

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: If you can provide some natural graze, your tort will love you for it. : If you don't have a yard area to plant, you can plant pasture mix in shallow pots or trays and feed from there. : Annie Lancaster sells a very good pasture mix at her site - www.turtlestuff.com : If you are going to feed grocery products stick with dark leafy greens. : Avoid things like spinach, cabbage, chards, brocoli, fruits, and beans - they all have some negative aspects to them...high in oxalic acid or other elements. : Small amounts of them in a highly varied diet will not kill your tortoise, but they should not be a main staple of the diet. : Also note that parsley is a natural laxative to torts. : Here are some links that might be helpful. : Darrel's chart of replacement foods might be of interest to you. He lists important factors like Ca:P ratio and lists some foods to generally avoid. : California Turtle and Tortoise Club/Russian Care : http://www.tortoise.org/archives/russ.html : Tortoise Trust/Horsfield's Care : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/horsfield.html : Darrell Senneke/Replacement foods : http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/nutrient.htm : Melissa Kaplan/MBD article : http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/mbd2.html : Tortoise Trust/Dietary Const. : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/dietcons.html

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