Have just been given a two and a half year old horsfield and am totally confused at what to feed him as i had given him a small piece of apple which he loved and a small piece of tomato now have read on the care sheet not to feed him apple or any fruit nothing mentioned about the tomato though but what do you feed him on once the flowers, weeds etc have died off?  He has got cuttlefish and we are in the process of sorting out his box ie substrate, rocks water etc.  Do they eat meal / wax worms at all?  How often should he be fed ? Please help as i want him to thrive and don't want to starve the poor little thing

Hi,

We are in the process of compiling a good/bad/occassional foods list for tortoises. In the meantime here is a link that will hopefully help:-

http://www.tlady.clara.net/id16.htm

There is also a link for enclosure ideas here:-

http://www.tortoise-protection-group.org.uk/site/58.asp

May I ask how heavy he is please as this is relative to his/her food consumption and have you a photos at all to share

Best Regards

Darren