Tortoise Nutrition Made Simple: Essential Feeding Tips!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

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[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Dixie looks like she's smiling when you pick her up. 🐢😄I have 1 question ; are there 2 different species of Sulcata ? Because I've seen some with a rounder carapace and the scoots are a deep brown and beige color.

[@lindawest8340]

So glad these guys are doing so well. You are can tell, they are well-cared for.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!

[@eigenman2571]

They look like little dinosaurs. Educational video, as always!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@tamarrajames3590]

I simply cannot express how happy your animals seem to become when living outside in their enclosures hits high gear. They get running, and eating…somewhere between a dance and a rugby game.🖤🇨🇦

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Happy to know you’ve noticed that 😌

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@GardenStateTortoise How could you ever miss it.🖤🇨🇦

[@MichelleR0977]

You are a life saver.

[@IsaacFruits]

Love the video! Thank you guys for having this channel!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you for watching!!

[@loriw2661]

The Radiateds are so beautiful! My favorite “paint job” of any turtle. Another educational & entertaining video……well done!🐢❤️🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!!

[@jenpink4298]

I love watching them stampede toward you😂❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

It’s the best 🤣

[@hiho8084]

I love watching the tortoises eat! Thanks for the education!

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

Thank you for what you do and all of the correct information.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@MarvlawztunezGh]

Awesome I just got one in my house last Wednesday night. And now preparing a cage for it.

[@lorrainemunoa791]

My Russian tortoise adored strawberry leaves! If I get another tort I'd definitely be using garden boxes to grow more strawberries. I'll eat the fruit, and the tort can have the leaves!

[@HousingisaHumanRight]

I love when Mickey shows up.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Want an idea for a " calming" video? Just film these cute little guys eating all day !!! It warms my heart ❤❤❤!!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Haha right?!

[@lorrainemunoa791]

@@GardenStateTortoise You could keep a backlog of feeding videos for weeks you want to rest a little from content creation, or if say, family needs came up. We'd be thrilled and you'd get a break!

[@therealcigaro1522]

My tortoise loves when I put her nutritious tortoise Keble onto a cucumber or spinach ❤❤❤

[@sarahpinca6057]

We have a completely natural lawn with clover and plantain. Bring them over! :) (no mowing required)

[@Battlehawx]

Always love relaxing after a long day and watching a new video by you guys! Keep up the hard work, you are educating so many on the wonders of the herpology world!

[@debrakildau9288]

You can tell he loves his turtles !❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

👍🏻❤️🐢

[@luckyhobbit8894]

Thank you so much!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you for watching!

[@brolylook]

I always watch these for my Sulcata!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

😌🐢❤️

[@danielbrown1724]

I love that you guys spend so much time and detail replicating their environment in nature within your enclosures. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@GardenStateTortoise]

That means a lot, thank you 🙏🏻

[@andreaberryman5354]

Thank you for delightful nummies video! ❤

[@elainedemers9892]

They are soo smart.people do not realize how smart mine know me when they heard my door .noise. In morning..they knew it was time too eat miving fast too me

[@66666fncs]

Those tortoises are so cute I would do any thing to have one.

[@charliethetortoisebrzeczkowski]

So glad to see the dandelion leaves! I buy mine also because I'm afraid of the spray on the lawns!

[@mjgbabydragonlet]

This was just fun to watch! Great music choice, beautiful turtles. Very informative.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!

[@marty3711]

Wonderful video

[@jens1856]

Thankful for the care you all take with your reptiles tortoises turtles they're wonderful n well worth the effort. Enjoy your videos contents. Education entertaining. Great to see them eating. 😻😻😺😺❤️❤️💜💜🙏🙌🙏🙌👍👍

[@yvencia1150]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@Silkytoaster]

Love your vids .

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@PriyankaSoura-wk3fs]

I just love the animal ❤

[@pixi2209]

I love them. 😍🤩

[@GardenStateTortoise]

❤️❤️🐢

[@rurutuM]

I leave large soup bones in my tortoise enclosure for them to gnaw on. Lots of calcium and trims their beaks

[@purplelulx5540]

I have a question, is okay if the tortoises sometimes eat the sand and dirt that are on the leaf? because many times when i give my tortoises some leaves, they get a little bit dirty because of the ground

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Yes that’s ok as long as they aren’t constantly consuming large amounts of it.

[@cryssanie]

@@GardenStateTortoise Our tortoise will sometimes just eat straight grains of sand or dirt from the ground... It's not out of hunger, he's well fed, and I don't think it's from lack of calcium, because he has a cuttlebone in his enclosure and he nibbles on it from time to time. Why could he be doing that?

[@wewe-pc9vn]

Do you know for sure whether your tortoise is a male? And what speciem is he (Hermanns, radiated, etc)? Eating large amounts of sand can cause an intestinal obstruction. If he doesn't eat enough of the cuttlebone, try algal lime, my tortoises prefer it. Just put some in a flat bowl. If your tortoise doesn't stop eating sand, I would change the substrate (again, depending on what speciem he is). English is not my first language, so I hope you understand everything.

[@wewe-pc9vn]

*algae lime

[@cryssanie]

@@wewe-pc9vn It's Hermanns tortoise and when we got it we were told it was a male, but it's still only less than 2 years old so we're not like 100% sure.

[@nasrincw722]

You should make a video on turtle diet made simple

[@YouLookism]

alll cuties 🤩🐢🐢🐢🐢💚

[@GardenStateTortoise]

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[@makhosingcobo4519]

Thank you very much. Now I know what to do❤️❤️🙏😊

[@Lisa-qy3bp]

🐢wow what beautifull tortoises u own and very well looked after 🐢this channel is soooo helpful please folks give this channel a massive 👍up 🥬🐢

[@SAVKA284]

One of my tortoises spent a long time gnawing on a dog bone picking off the little bits of flesh. I stayed with him to make sure the bone didn't splinter but when I've asked about tortoises picking on bones I've been met with a total blank. This is the first time I've heard of this. He clearly enjoyed it. Should I get him the odd small bone?

[@bodymaker16]

do you throw the same to redfoots as well? or is it more of fruit for them?

[@rutvipatel2080]

Hi your videos are really helpful. I am from canada and I have russian tortoise as winter is comming i am worried about food. Can you give a little advice on how should i get food for tortoise. It would be great. Thank you

[@ibleedpurple]

Where do you order your greens from? We have some Redfoots and Leopards that LOVE dandelion but those only grow here (Iowa) in the spring.

[@rtucker3385]

How often are you feeding them? I have recently adopted a couple of Mojave Desert tortoise and I'm still trying to gauge how much and how often to feed.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

They graze on enclosure edibles every day and we supplement that twice weekly with these greens.

[@Carlberger]

What about yards that are treated? Are these safe for tortoises after watered in for a week? I have a Red Foot Tortoise.

[@HaiAnimal]

love it

[@ImpulseHobby]

How often do you feed them?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

They graze every day on their own and are fed these greens once or twice a week.

[@jeancassidy4535]

Hi can tortoises eat photinia leaves.? Thanks so much

[@wyinrexgaming8115]

Dude my Egyptian tortoise got a little cut in it's back leg after some days the cut is healed but the same leg is swollen

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Might be good to have an x-ray done on the leg or check for internal infection. Or, best case scenario the swelling goes down on its own.

[@wyinrexgaming8115]

@@GardenStateTortoise thanks for help

[@emilschwalbe4894]

du you have the reeves turtle?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Yes we do

[@emilschwalbe4894]

@@GardenStateTortoise wow! I live in Denmark and I have 3 reeves turtles and 4 musk turtles! I'm scared to see what is gonna happen to them when they are under ice!!!

[@irreverentjules-240]

Love turtles. I have several box turtles on my property who are pretty friendly. Freedom comes to my office door most days and waits for me to come out and greet him. He has this re occurring nasty cyst on the side of his face that comes and goes. I did a little research the first year and it said it's due to moist conditions(which I have) or Lack of Vitamin A. I started feeding him a little mango to see if it would help. Any suggestions?

[@marinasprague2219]

I have a question, I have a Russian Tortoise who refuses to eat leafy greens. I have tried giving him a variety of things but the only things he eats are zucchini and dandelions(flower, leaf and stems) when available. Is there anything you suggest I try to feed him? and is it normal for a tortoise to have preferences that differ from the majority of the species? I want him to have a variety of things and get all the nutrients he needs but he seems very picky.

[@ryannheninger1602]

So is tortoise grass bad for your tortoise to have in the enclosure?

[@siulunb2]

How much should I feed my Hermann tortoise? Sometimes they eat twice the size of the shell and sometimes not even half. She never even touch my cattlefish bone, so very strange.

[@keziah2088]

❤❤🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🐢❤️

[@HiiiJynx]

What all do you recommend to feed a Russian tortoise?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Same stuff in this video.

[@debbeasher-k4764]

Now, I'm hungry for a salad. :)

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🤣🤣

[@jakemoeller7850]

I'm getting attached to your buddies 🐢💛🐢💛🐢💛🐢💛🐢

[@allclassallthetime4739]

how about their protein?

[@nareshyashu]

❤❤

[@maristelaschulze3297]

Coloca tradução.

[@travelingva]

Aremt you are afraid there might be a wild weed that may be toxic...i

[@sinanbozkurt5861]

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[@lilstewy5091]

Sold me at eating weeds

[@AravNeehaul]

First

[@GardenStateTortoise]

👍🏻

[@AravNeehaul]

@@GardenStateTortoise Thank you for your amazing videos. I actually own 3 radiated tortoise. They are between 4 to 6 years old. Watching your videos has helped me learn a lot about those amazing animals and how to take care of them in the best way possible. Tortoises are my favourite animals.

[@KatieJeffery-e6n]

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[@northernplantucky]

Come on now LOL you left out the red foots

[@sincerely_sadie_]

Do you have any Sonoran desert tortoise!? 🏜 do they eat the same things??

[@northernplantucky]

Come on now LOL you left out the red foots

[@GardenStateTortoise]

That’s because they got a big spot in the last feeding video 😉

[@northernplantucky]

@GardenStateTortoise well I guess I must have missed that one,

[@northernplantucky]

@@GardenStateTortoise thank you for the reply I'll be sure to scroll back and make sure I catch that one!