So my insects are just a bit spoiled I think?

[Andee]

During this time of the year I think all my animals are a bit spoiled, but especially my tortoise and insects. We have a beautiful farmer's market here, and we go to the one on Saturday mornings. We pick up an organically grown spring mix, frise lettuces, garden cut (which is a lot of weird random stuff that is safely edible), and arugula. And since the amount my tortoise goes through can vary we buy some extra and usually I throw a handful of the mix to my various insects every day, usually smaller for my superworms etc. My dubias also get things like mulberries and the leaves from the trees, they also get handfuls of fruits, pieces of zucchini or scraps from sweet potatoes or carrots etc. I just love how excited they are.

 

[OrangeJuice]

Haha, I used to feed my Cham store bought romaine lettuce and greens... ever since I've introduced him to the organic green house gardens my parents have, he refuses to eat anything from his cage. I have to feed him outside in the garden now :s

 

[Andee]

Makes sense to me, the garden is much more natural. My current and only chameleon resident at this moment can't feed himself but is perfectly fine otherwise. Just has some eye issues. I don't think you know much about Ryker. But when he is outside the is much easier to convince to eat. Inside he clams up.

 

[Carlton]

Hey, feeders are creatures too
You are what you eat. Happy healthy prey means happy healthy predators.

 

[Tortdad]

What kind of tortoise do you have

 

[Andee]

I only have one guy right now because we can't house him outside most of the time, he gets day time most of the days outside in temp pen, and then he has a couple 55 gallon roughnecks inside. But as soon as we move and buy our new house I plan to build his a 24/7 outdoor enclosure that I hope to make a safe hibernation den in as well. Not sure yet. I just keep bouncing ideas around my head. He is around 5-6 years old and is an hermanni tortoise, male. I used to know his subspecies(?). I think he's an eastern and then I used to know where in Greece his ancestors were likely from but alas I forgot. I did that late at night XD