http://www.tortoisetips.com Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:11:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What Do Tortoises Eat? When you decide on a particular type of tortoise to care for you will have a number of factors to consider if you want it to remain healthy. One aspect to consider is what to feed your tortoise? This will to a large extent, depend on the natural ... http://www.tortoisetips.com/what-do-tortoises-eat/ Should you Breed Tortoises? Firstly it is important you decide why you want to breed your tortoise? What do you want to do with any subsequent offspring? Importantly, how will you care for the extra little baby tortoises? There may be quite a few if you have a successful breeding! There ... http://www.tortoisetips.com/breeding-tortoises/ Caring for your Tortoise What to feed your tortoise? Tortoises are foraging creatures in the wild. They are herbivores, eating plants as their main diet. The natural environment for a tortoise can range from fertile areas where they are able to find food easily to other areas such as arid deserts where ... http://www.tortoisetips.com/caring-for-your-tortoise/ How to spot a sick tortoise? Occasionally your tortoise may appear unwell. If you are used to examining your tortoise for injury or ill health this will be easier to spot. Monitoring how much and often your pet is eating, moving etc will help you to understand how healthy your tortoise ... http://www.tortoisetips.com/tortoise-health/ Setting up a Tortoise House What to Consider Before Building a Tortoise House? Making your first tortoise house is a bigger undertaking than many recognize! There are a number of factors to contemplate fully before you embark on building a tortoise house. You must take into account how big your enclosure or ... http://www.tortoisetips.com/setting-up-a-tortoise-house/ There are many different species of tortoise for you to choose from but you have to be aware of the different requirements of each species before you decide to care for one in your home. There are so many different types of tortoise for you to choose from when you are ... http://www.tortoisetips.com/types-of-tortoise/ What to Look for and where to Buy Tortoises? Choosing which species when you want to buy tortoises these days is much easier than it used to be. There are many breeders who are breeding lots of varying species including those that are endangered. How to choose which type to tortoise ... http://www.tortoisetips.com/buy-tortoises/