Feeding a Tortoise
If you feed your tortoises in the same fashion as iguanas they will thrive. Do not feed banana which canferment in the gut, nor the grit that is suggested for the iguanas.When a tortoise first wakes from hibernation, have a dish full ofwater ready for him to drink as he will be very thirsty - nevermind what they might say on children's TV programmes aboutoffering cucumber and the like, water will be the tortoise's firstrequirement. Do not feed a tortoise solely or almost entirely onlettuce, and as autumn approaches make sure that your pet eats alot so that he has plenty of reserves to see him over the winterhibernation.
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