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Greek Tortoise ?s
Well, we have a greek tortoise that ended up at our clinic and I’ve read a few care sheets..he’s about 8 inches long and in a 10gal tank. way too small.. so the care from what i’ve read is.. a 4x6 turtle table, daily made salads, hides, sand+dirt substrate or aspen, and making sure the heat is right. i’m in college and i work but as long as i buy the fresh veggies and soak him every week and set everything up for a terrarium, would he be considered relatively low maintenance? i’m considering taking him home if he is sick so i can hospitalize him and maybe keeping him. so can anyone who keeps this species give a rundown on what they need on a daily/weekly basis? |
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| 08/21/08 01:14pm |
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Message To: AllHailRain In reference to Message Id: 1838251 Greek Tortoise ?s
heres a few links to help out! www.tortoisetrust.org www.chelonia.org And yes, he would be considered low maintenance, also dont forget a uvb reptile light. enclosure ~ indoor rabbit cage, or a tortoise table. Bedding ~ soil and playsand 50/50 mixture. alternatively, aspen bedding or hemp bedding. OR bed-a-beast. Lighting ~ uvb light good brands such as reptiglo or reptisun work best. Heat ~ a spot light provides nice heat, or you could possibly use a cermaic heat emitter. Diet ~ 1.Aloe Vera 2.Bamboo 3.Bedstraw (cleavers) 4.Bindweed 6.Roses (petals and leaves) 7.Bristly Ox Tongue 8.Buddleia 9.Cacti (some not all) 10.Calendula Marigold/Daisy marigold 11.Campanula 12.Carrot tops 13.Cats Ear 14.Clover 15.Cornflour 16.Cut Leaved Nettle 17.Dandelion 18.Evening Primrose 19.Forget Me Not 20.Gazania 21.Globe Thistle 22.Hawks Beard 23.Henbit Nettle 24.Hibiscus 25.Honeysuckle Flowers 26.Hostas 27.Knapweed 28.Lavatera 29.Lavender 30.Lemon Mint 31.Mallow 32.Milk Thistle 33.Mimulas 34.Nasturtium 35.Pansies 36.Plantains (all) 37.Pumpkin Flowers 38.Rape 39.Red Nettle 40.Ribwort Plantain 41.Sedum 42.Shepherds Purse 43.Slender Speedwell 44.Sow Thistle 45.Spotted Nettle 46.Stinging Nettle 47.Sunflower 48.Trefoils (all) 49.Verches 50.Violets 51.White Nettle 52.Wild Cabbage 53.Yarrow 54. Romain lettuce 55. Red & Green leaf lettuce 56. Cucumber (during summer only for extra water) 57. Dead nettle They can also eat things such as endive, escarole, raddichio, romain lettuce, spring greens, turnip greens, carrot tops, mustard greens and salad mixes. DO NOT FEED FRUIT, CUCUMBER, TOMATOES, CAT OR DOG FOOD. also a dish of water, prefrably that can fit the tortoise in. and then you should also soak him at least twice a week. during summer they should go outdoors in a summer habitat. this could be the indoor rabbit cage or a rabbit/guinea pig run. the natural uv rays is better than artificial uvb rays. put a few hides in the indoor and outdoor cages and they should be fine. |
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| 08/22/08 09:17am |
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Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1839196 Greek Tortoise ?s
haha..the outside thing could only be for short periods in my situation. i have 3 dogs that would probably kill it if i left it out there. i would definitely take it outside daily for a couple hours if it needed to be there, but overnight etc it would have to be indoors. it wouldn’t get the uva/b at night anyway. :) i definitely want a tortoise someday, but i do hope to move in a couple of years and i already have 3 herps and a kitty. plus, the tortoise is technically owned by petsmart, so i’m only gonna take it in if it does have some disease/something unfit for a normal home because i wouldn’t feel morally right to take their animal. but because they drove an hour to get it to our herp vet..there’s a good chance it does have a real problem and i want to be ready to be a tort mom. :) i’m going into work in 2 hours, so i’ll see what the diagnosis is on the tort, i just want to be prepared if it does fall into my hands. thank you soo much, you’re very helpful. i’ll post again after work tonight! |
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| 08/22/08 02:01pm |
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Message To: AllHailRain In reference to Message Id: 1839469 Greek Tortoise ?s
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| 08/23/08 02:08pm |
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Message To: RepticTay In reference to Message Id: 1840358 Greek Tortoise ?s
thank you so much for your help though, i definitely learned more about torts for future knowledge :D |
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| 08/23/08 07:40pm |
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Message To: AllHailRain In reference to Message Id: 1840654 Greek Tortoise ?s
Good luck to him in the future! |
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| 08/24/08 07:20am |
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