Tortoise Food and Live Plants
Cosy Tortoises sells "Grow Your Own Tortoise Food, Grass pellets, dried grass and live plants including Cacti.
Grazing and Wildflower seed mix 20g and 40g
This is the perfect weed corner or outdoor run mixture including a healthy dose of grass seed.
Grazing and Clover seed mix 20g and 40g
Crimson Clover seed 10g and 20g
A treat relished by all tortoises. We only supply the common varieties of clover, white and red (looks pink coloured) in our mixtures above.
Alfalfa seed 10g and 20g
This wildflower is used for forage because its good for fibre and all parts of it are edible. Alfalfa is also used as a green manure as it fixes nitrogen into the soil via its root system once established making it easier for other plants to grow without fertiliser. Alfalfa can be used to enrich poor soil or in combination with other seeds as part of a varied tortoise diet.
Buckwheat seed 10g and 20g
Buckwheat does well on low-fertility or acidic soils as long as they are well drained. Often used as a second crop as it fixes nitrogen into the soil and grows quickly often producing more flowers when the weather is cooler later in the year. The seeds make a good non-gluten substitute for wheatflour, although it is not a cereal. Often used to prevent soil erosion or as feed for animals.
Don't forget to add calcium and essential supplements to your weeds
"Ready To Eat Grass"
A good way to give your tortoises the fibre they need all year round to replace what they would normally graze in the wild. Most tortoises that have access to a lawn should only need this after the grass stops growing in autumn or if they come out of hibernation early. Just be sure they have other items to knaw on to prevent long beaks. A whole cuttlefish bone is a good idea, or apple skins and other fibrous edible fruit skins like mango (not banana though - too much sugar and skins are inedible).
Grass Pellets
Water must be added as pellets will swell. A unique blend of grasses are harvested to produce the grass pellets. The blend is made up of the following grass types: Donard Perennial Ryegrass, Dovey Tall Fescue, Solid Hybrid Ryegrass, Proesses Timothy and Moy Perennial Ryegrass. Ideal for tortoises. Can be served on it own or mixed with weeds.
400g - £1.99
£2.64 for Postage and Packaging
900g - £3.49
£3.75 for Postage and Packaging
5kg - £12.49
£8.92 for Postage and Packaging
Dried Grass
A good alternative to natural graze whenever it is not available or bountiful. Mixing it with soaked grass pellets will help rehydrate this too although if your tortoises will happily eat dried grass it is more natural than smaller sections of wet grass from pellets. As with all dried food ensure a plentiful and easily accessible supply of drinking water.
400g - £2.99
£2.64 for Postage and Packaging
900g - £5.49
£3.75 for Postage and Packaging
5kg - £22.49
£8.92 for Postage and Packaging
Cacti coming very soon
