What do tortoises eat
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Feeding and Nutrition for Tortoise Health
if you want a happy healthy tortoise you will need to provide not only a suitable environment for it to live in but also a varied diet. tortoises are herbivorous and require a mixed diet of vegetables, vegetation and fruits plus occasional supplements of minerals and vitamins.
Seven Factors that Affect a Tortoises Nutritional Needs
Species: each type of tortoise has its own nutritional needs depending
on where in the world it comes from. You need to be certain of where
your tortoise originates in order to provide the best diet.
Age: As with most growing animals the younger, still growing ones
require more nutrition but as it gets older it will require less.
Health: of your tortoise: the general health of your tortoise will
determine how much and what it eats.
Reproduction: the male requires a good diet in order to have sufficient
sperm count to breed and also desire to breed. the female will require
a good diet if she is going to lay eggs as she will need to ovulate as
well as produce strong calcium rich eggs.
Activity level: Again this can depend very much on the species of
tortoise you have. Some are naturally more active than others.
Stress: If you keep your tortoise in an inappropriate enclosure it will
become stressed and in turn its appetite will be reduced.
Food: By providing the correct type and variety of food your tortoise
needs you affect the nutritional value. Some foods that would be fine
for one species of tortoise may actually do harm to another. Therefore,
do your homework on the natural environment your tortoise comes
from. Even if your tortoise has been bred in captivity it is still
designed for a particular type of environment and you will have to
mimic this to ensure optimum health.
TortoiseTips.com has an extensive amount of information outlining the best diet for your particular species of tortoise. Check it out at TortoiseTips.com/what do tortoises eat?
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Safe foods for your Tortoise
A short list of the safe foods you can give to your tortoise:-
- Alfalfa
- Apples – no seeds or core
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Carrots
- Dandelion
- Pumpkin
- Tomato
- Zucchini
Dangerous Plants - to feed to your tortoise
A short list of a few of the more dangerouse plants you should NOT feed to your tortoise:-
Amaryllis
Bird of paradise
Cherry (seeds)
Dogwood
Eggplant
Foxglove
Hyacinth
Iris
Jimson weed
Lily of the valley
Marijuana
Oleander
Potato
Rhubarb
Sweet pea
Tulip
Verbena
Wisteria
yew
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thank u i want to keep onebut was worried what to give it
i have a tortoise and i love caring for him! hes amazing! im only in elementary school! he loves alll different foods because we have a garden! and have lots of trees all around.....i only have one tortoise and he has three big rooms outside and hes only 1 and a half! thanks for helping me!!!
Right I've just read the page and saw not to give your tortoise marijuana Realy! Because I thought I was allowed to
I HAVE A TORTOISE IT IS VEGETARIAN AND IT EATS VEGETARIAN FOOD
tortises do not eat bananas or potatoes
tortoise can not swim.
I have a small tortoise and I don't how to take care it, so I want to sell it you.I come from Ghana. acquah.felix10@yahoo.com
the was not eating anythings from five days from 1.10.2010
Your valuable article on tortoise food has helped me a lot in taking better care of my pet tortoise during its infant days.Keep uploading more of such articles.Thank you.
Your valuable article on tortoise food has helped me a lot in taking better care of my pet tortoise during its infant days.Keep uploading more of such articles.Thank you.
i have not got a tortoise yet but my perents are getting me one for chistmas and i have to find out what they need and you websit has been very help full THANK YOU
My family loves our tortoise. thank you for the tips in what to feed her. Our dad found her at his work site. He said there was a man that has about 20 of them but the tortoises escape and wonder into the street so my dad decided to bring the one that escaped that day so she wouldn't be harmed.
i luv tortioses
I an so thankfull for the info but i need to give mine away. so i need to give the person all the info needed and this is sofar the best web!!!im really thankful for the info, bii
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I jst found a tortoise on the street,nd i want to keep it cn u hlp me on how to feed it?
Thanks for the tips you guyz are wonderful
the above vedioes are superb especially the tortoise chasing the tamato ,it's aewsome
this is me and my tortoises peanut can they eat popcorn
Tamsyn 2 years ago
Tortoises are herbivours and cannot eat any meat because there vegetarians but they can eat fruit dandelions vegtables and thats all i know THANKYOUXXX