Tortoise Nutrition Made Simple: Essential Feeding Tips!

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  • Опубліковано 11 січ 2025

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  • @GardenStateTortoise
    @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +5

    Hello friends!
    Thanks for checking out this video and we hope you’re able to take something valuable away from it. Just a reminder that we are on PATREON so if you’re interested in joining and helping out the animals of GST, check it out at this link: www.patreon.com/gardenstatetortoise
    We appreciate you all.

    • @jocelynharris-fx8ho
      @jocelynharris-fx8ho 7 місяців тому

      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.

  • @eigenman2571
    @eigenman2571 Рік тому +29

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

  • @lindawest8340
    @lindawest8340 Рік тому +14

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

  • @tamarrajames3590
    @tamarrajames3590 Рік тому +20

    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.🖤🇨🇦

  • @loriw2661
    @loriw2661 Рік тому +10

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

  • @danielbrown1724
    @danielbrown1724 Рік тому +10

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

  • @IsaacFruits
    @IsaacFruits Рік тому +8

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

  • @jenpink4298
    @jenpink4298 Рік тому +8

    I love watching them stampede toward you😂❤

  • @hiho8084
    @hiho8084 8 місяців тому +1

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

  • @MarvlawztunezGh
    @MarvlawztunezGh 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @JamesKing2understandinglife
    @JamesKing2understandinglife Рік тому +6

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

  • @therealcigaro1522
    @therealcigaro1522 9 місяців тому +2

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

  • @lorrainemunoa791
    @lorrainemunoa791 Рік тому +3

    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
    @HousingisaHumanRight Рік тому +3

    I love when Mickey shows up.

  • @Battlehawx
    @Battlehawx Рік тому +1

    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!

  • @jens1856
    @jens1856 Рік тому +3

    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. 😻😻😺😺❤️❤️💜💜🙏🙌🙏🙌👍👍

  • @sarahpinca6057
    @sarahpinca6057 Рік тому +2

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

  • @jocelynharris-fx8ho
    @jocelynharris-fx8ho Рік тому +4

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

    • @GardenStateTortoise
      @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +1

      Haha right?!

    • @lorrainemunoa791
      @lorrainemunoa791 Рік тому

      @@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!

  • @andreaberryman5354
    @andreaberryman5354 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for delightful nummies video! ❤

  • @debrakildau9288
    @debrakildau9288 Рік тому +2

    You can tell he loves his turtles !❤

  • @mjgbabydragonlet
    @mjgbabydragonlet Рік тому +1

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

  • @brolylook
    @brolylook Рік тому +2

    I always watch these for my Sulcata!

  • @66666fncs
    @66666fncs Рік тому +1

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

  • @luckyhobbit8894
    @luckyhobbit8894 Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much!

  • @pixi2209
    @pixi2209 Рік тому +3

    I love them. 😍🤩

  • @elainedemers9892
    @elainedemers9892 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @charliethetortoisebrzeczkowski

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

  • @marty3711
    @marty3711 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful video

  • @Silkytoaster
    @Silkytoaster Рік тому +3

    Love your vids .

  • @PriyankaSoura-wk3fs
    @PriyankaSoura-wk3fs 9 місяців тому +1

    I just love the animal ❤

  • @yvencia1150
    @yvencia1150 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing 😊

  • @makhosingcobo4519
    @makhosingcobo4519 2 місяці тому

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

  • @Lisa-qy3bp
    @Lisa-qy3bp Рік тому +1

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

  • @rurutuM
    @rurutuM 6 місяців тому

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

  • @YouLookism
    @YouLookism Рік тому +2

    alll cuties 🤩🐢🐢🐢🐢💚

  • @nasrincw722
    @nasrincw722 Рік тому +1

    You should make a video on turtle diet made simple

  • @purplelulx5540
    @purplelulx5540 Рік тому +4

    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
      @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +2

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

    • @cryssanie
      @cryssanie Рік тому

      @@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
      @wewe-pc9vn Рік тому +1

      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
      @wewe-pc9vn Рік тому

      *algae lime

    • @cryssanie
      @cryssanie Рік тому

      @@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.

  • @rutvipatel2080
    @rutvipatel2080 7 місяців тому

    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
    @ibleedpurple Рік тому

    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.

  • @SAVKA284
    @SAVKA284 Рік тому

    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?

  • @irreverentjules-240
    @irreverentjules-240 Рік тому

    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?

  • @bodymaker16
    @bodymaker16 Рік тому

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

  • @HaiAnimal
    @HaiAnimal 2 місяці тому

    love it

  • @keziah2088
    @keziah2088 Рік тому +3

    ❤❤🐢🐢🐢🐢

  • @Carlberger
    @Carlberger 2 місяці тому

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

  • @rtucker3385
    @rtucker3385 Рік тому +1

    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
      @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +2

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

  • @jeancassidy4535
    @jeancassidy4535 9 місяців тому

    Hi can tortoises eat photinia leaves.? Thanks so much

  • @marinasprague2219
    @marinasprague2219 11 місяців тому

    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.

  • @emilschwalbe4894
    @emilschwalbe4894 Рік тому +2

    du you have the reeves turtle?

    • @GardenStateTortoise
      @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +2

      Yes we do

    • @emilschwalbe4894
      @emilschwalbe4894 Рік тому

      @@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!!!

  • @ImpulseHobby
    @ImpulseHobby Рік тому +2

    How often do you feed them?

    • @GardenStateTortoise
      @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +2

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

  • @siulunb2
    @siulunb2 Рік тому

    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.

  • @jakemoeller7850
    @jakemoeller7850 Рік тому

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

  • @ryannheninger1602
    @ryannheninger1602 Рік тому

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

  • @nareshyashu
    @nareshyashu 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤

  • @HiiiJynx
    @HiiiJynx Рік тому +1

    What all do you recommend to feed a Russian tortoise?

  • @debbeasher-k4764
    @debbeasher-k4764 Рік тому +2

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

  • @allclassallthetime4739
    @allclassallthetime4739 11 місяців тому

    how about their protein?

  • @maristelaschulze3297
    @maristelaschulze3297 Рік тому +1

    Coloca tradução.

  • @AravNeehaul
    @AravNeehaul Рік тому +3

    First

    • @GardenStateTortoise
      @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +1

      👍🏻

    • @AravNeehaul
      @AravNeehaul Рік тому +2

      @@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.

  • @travelingva
    @travelingva 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @sinanbozkurt5861
    @sinanbozkurt5861 Рік тому +1

    1

  • @lilstewy5091
    @lilstewy5091 8 місяців тому +1

    Sold me at eating weeds

  • @KatieJeffery-e6n
    @KatieJeffery-e6n Рік тому +2

    Adt

  • @northernplantucky
    @northernplantucky Рік тому

    Come on now LOL you left out the red foots

  • @sincerely_sadie_
    @sincerely_sadie_ Рік тому +1

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

  • @northernplantucky
    @northernplantucky Рік тому +1

    Come on now LOL you left out the red foots

    • @GardenStateTortoise
      @GardenStateTortoise  Рік тому +1

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

    • @northernplantucky
      @northernplantucky Рік тому

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

    • @northernplantucky
      @northernplantucky Рік тому

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