med spur thighed

[williamsom]

hi, ive just been giving a pair of 16yr old med spur thighed and i wondered what would be the best food that u could buy at ur local supermarket, cause im not that good with identify wild plants and wouldnt wanna risk doing any harm any advice would be great cheers

[Tina]

Lucky you! Hope they settle in well for you.

The very best diet for them is plants/weeds, take a look in the sticky at the top of the page there's lots of pics to help you id them. This is a very good food plant list too which also has pics...

Diet and healthy growth

You'll be surprised how many plants and weeds they can eat that you already know I'm sure.

What sort of diet did they have before you got them? If it was very different to a natural diet then it will probably take some perseverance on your part to get them onto a natural diet.

[williamsom]

i dont know what the diet they were on before as the old lady passed away and i got offered them before they just went to some one who knew something i know they were left in the garden since end of april and she used to bring them in end of september and hibernate them end of november other that that i dunno much about how she kept them

[Mrs Mental]

Awww congratulations. Like Tina said have a good read through the stickies with regards to plants and diet things - I bet there'll be loads there that you will know - I'm absolutely useless with plants & weeds but even I knew a few when I started, am getting better now though

If you can give them as natural and as weedy a diet as possible thats the best thing for them. Im sure you'll enjoy them as much as we all do ours

[purplepixie]

Supermarket salads are supposed to be only used as part of a tortoises diet.
I am sure you know what dandelions look like:0)
This would be a start, and keeping them the way the previous owner did, will help keep them healthy. If you want to make changes it should be done slowly, so you dont stress them out too much.
www.tortoises.net has a downloadable booklet with suitable plants etc, with pictures. Thats after you have checked this site out

[williamsom]

yeah i was planning to keep them on a mainly weed diet with the odd treat, there are fields full of dandelions right next to me so i can go on the borrow just trying to find a better mixture of weeds