What vegetables can tortoise eat?

Question

I have a new little tortoise, and does anybody know what kind of vegies they can eat?
e.g. can they eat pepper, or onion, or what??
thank you so much, cause i dont want to be feeding her the wrong food!

Answer 1

this information has been around for a long time now and i wish people would just listen. DO NOT FEED TORTOISES (or any reptillian herbivore)LETTUCE i mean its not a hard peice of advice to follow yet people keep saying feed it lettuce despite the evidence. Lettuce is mostly water, has pretty much no nutrional value and on top of it all animals fed alot of lettuce are hard to swap on to other veg (it tastes nice) and end up basically staving to death while still feeding well on the aweful stuff.



feed greens like collard, radish or dandilion greens, many garden "weeds" can also be fed to torts long with different grasses and some herbs.



here this might help http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/site/Edible_Weeds.html

Answer 2

Can Tortoises Eat Strawberries

Answer 3

A Horsfield torts diet should be mainly weeds such as dandelion, plantain, etc etc. To be honest I would only follow advice from the tortoise trust if I were you and hopefully then your tortoise will have a good long life. This link shows you what can go wrong if a tortoise is fed a bad diet.



http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/webdiet.htm



Another good website is http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/forum/

Very helpful people on there and you will get great advice on any problems/questions you might have.

Good Luck - tortoises are really good pets to keep :)

Answer 4

You first need to know what species of tortoise you have. Although they're all vegetarians, their diets can vary. Most live off of various grasses. Some are fed some greens, such as collard greens. I don't know of any that are fed onions and peppers. Edit your question to include the species (or a picture of it if you don't know), and someone can give you the proper diet for your specific tortoise.



Here's a good website on Russian tortoises (also known as Horsefields), which gives plenty of food items you can feed your tortoise: http://russiantortoise.org/

Answer 5

It varies some by species in general though most east grasses. Most tortoises I have worked with do not eat onions (they seem to stay away from veggies that have very strong odors). Most tortoises enjoy tomatoes, greens, occasional apples (be careful of the high sugar content), dandelions, prickly pear cactus (minus the thorns), carrots, pumpkin, lettuce, cabbage. I have worked with over 10 different species of tortoises and this is just a general list a more thorough list could be given if the species was known.



Also if the tortoise is small make sure the piece of food you give them are small as they might not be able to eat some foods that are in large chunks. I am not sure how small your tortoise is but what I have done with new born baby tortoises is take the frozen mixed veggies (has carrots, peas, etc) thaw it till its room temperature then mash it up and give it to them.



l hope this helps.

Answer 6

My concern is...



You've already got the tortoise without knowing what to feed it ! It would have been kinder for the tortoise to have done some research BEFORE you got it !



One thing I will say though - is do NOT feed it lettuce as a main food ! Lettuce is mainly water and has almost no nutritional value whatsoever !

Answer 7

the best diet is a natural weed diet here is a site that you can download a booklet on the edible weeds to feed it has pictures so you can look in your garden an see which ones are growing most gardens with grass will have dandelions and plantains growing so they will not be hard to find, but you can feed peppers but not onions, you can also feed grated carrots, Romaine lettuce, Red and green leaf lettuce, Endive, Escarole, Radicchio, Chicory, Turnip greens, Mustard green, Kale, Collards, Spring Mix (mixed salad greens), you can also feed a treat of a fruit salad (melon,apple,pear,strawberries,) but limit it to about once a month as too much fruit is bad for them they will eat tomatoes but these too are a fruit so should not be fed too often, you can feed cucumber as well all these listed things should be fed as a supplement to a natural weed diet, a calcium supplement should be fed once a week (twice for juveniles) here is a site that will help you with the care of your tortoise http://www.russiantortoise.org/ another excellent site to keep as a reference is this site http://www.tortoisetrust.org/ the articles are really good so are worth a look, hope this helps best of luck honey

Answer 8

You need to go online and type in what kind of tortoise you have. You will then be able to gather a list of appropriate foods. Definitely stay away from iceberg lettuce. Any vegetable with the word green after it should be fine. Kale, collards, etc...Leafy plants are excellent too!!

Answer 9

Lettuce -not iceburg as it is mainly just water- I know that potatoes aren't good for them and too much broccoli can give them a thyroid problem.

But I now that squash, carrots if they're cut up small enough for them, cucumber, cactus, green peppers, green beans, spinach, cauliflower, mushrooms, eggplant, some broccoli (not too much).

You can pretty much give a tortoise anything and they'll eat it.





I've never given radishes or onions to my tortoise, I don't know what it will do to them but I know they won't eat strong smelling foods.



Fruits should be kept to a minimum because it's too high in sugars for them.

You can feed her some fruits about once every other week.

They love red foods, raspberries, watermelon, tomatoes, strawberries, etc. They can eat other fruits that aren't red as well like blackberries, blueberries, bananas, kiwi, and apples, etc. But like I said, keep that to a minimum.



Hope that helped, good luck.

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Answer 12

She needs to have a diet of 100% weeds. She shouldn't be fed any fruit or vegetables. People who tell you she can eat veg and fruit are ignorant or lazy.

She can have weeds such as dandelions, chickweed, plantain, pansies and bindweed. If your worried about ID'ing suitable weeds you can grow your own. I suggest you look on the shelled warriors shop and look at the weed seed mixes. They're not hugely expensive and if you get a nice patch of weeds going you would be able to feed to feed her all year round.

Supermarket greens are generally a no no for horsfields as they don't have enough calcium and can be too high in protein and sugar.

Here are some useful links

http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/forum/

http://www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk/

Answer 13

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Answer 14

Awh, i wish i had a tortoise.

Well, my friend had a tortoise, and i remember feeding it carrots and lettuce and cucumber. They Really like them. Best of luck with it.

Answer 15

Hey, DO NOT feed horsefields, dog food, eggs or fruit. The best diet by far is a selection of leafy material. Dandelions leaves and flowers, plantain, chickweed, flat lettuces, cabbage and others are all good examples. Please note that flat lettuce and cabbage should only be given in limited amounts and variety seems to give the best results. All food should be lightly dusted with a calcium and vitamin powder, of which there are a number specifically designed for herbiverous reptiles.



Good Luck.

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Answer 18

Fruits are sweeter and take less effort to arrange, generally, so I tend to eat more fruits. Unless were talking caned, but still, you usually heat up the veggies, so another vote for fruit.

Answer 19

they each provide a different blend of nutrients and that is why a variety of both strongly recommended by nutritionists and dietitians.

Answer 20

Cabbage and lettuce are pretty much the best vegetables you can feed her. I have also seen a tortoise eat weeds and snails.

Good Luck!

Answer 21

I was going to say ...don't feed lettuce.My friend feeds hers tomato,cucumber,cabbage,carrot tops etc etc.

The same goes for rabbits as well...they don't tolerate lettuce either.

Answer 22

You don't say what kind you have so i would suggest you do a search on google.

Answer 23

they don't like onion or pepper what they do like lettuce (alot).

Answer 24

lettis is the best but you can have tomatos, cabbage,onion, cucomber, stuff like that although i wouldnt give it pepper but you could try it.

Answer 25

I've never seen them eat anything but lettuce. I think they can have squash though - not positive.

Answer 26

Mostly lettuce

although they do like things like tomatoes and cucumber