Mexican gopher tortoises can eat many foods, such as small fish, shrimp, snail meat and insects. Adding rabbit or guinea pig feed to the food is a good way to increase fiber in the diet. Gopher tortoises have high calcium needs. You can occasionally add calcium carbonate to the food or provide the tortoise with calcium-rich foods such as eggs. Shell or cuttlefish octopus.

Precautions for raising Mexican gopher tortoises:

1. Mexican gopher tortoises should be raised separately. Mexican gopher tortoises are covered in hard shells. When tortoises of different sizes are kept together, the smaller ones will be squeezed and hungry, while the larger ones will dominate. If this happens for a long time, small people will develop symptoms of weight loss, fear, and timidity, and severe cases may be in danger of death.

2. When hunting, Mexican gopher tortoises in the wild often swallow food containing insect eggs into their bodies and become parasite carriers. They should be added to the food or forcibly fed with antibiotics. Broad spectrum parasitic medicine.

3. Try to choose a larger breeding box to allow the Mexican tortoise to have enough space for activities. Place a larger mound of soil in the breeding box for the Mexican tortoise to dig holes.

4. The breeding box needs to be placed in a sunny place for the Mexican gopher tortoise to bask on its back.