Safe Plants for Tortoises to Eat
March 2nd 2010 19:25
If you have pet tortoises, you know that they love to eat and graze, well most do, and whether you house your tortoises inside the house or outside, it's a good idea that you know which plants, flowers, and grasses, your tortoise can eat.
If you're creating an outdoor tortoise enclosure, it's especially important that your set up an area that has plenty of edible plants and grasses. When it comes to tortoises that spend most of their time inside, it's a good idea to have an area outside where you can grow fresh grasses and plants for them to have in addition to their greens.
You will find variety is a good key to a happy, healthy tortoise, so knowing plants that they can eat will help provide that varied diet.
Don't assume, "Well, he wouldn't eat it, if it wasn't safe for him" because sometimes tortoises like to test things. My baby red foot tortoises like to try anything that looks edible when they're outside, and sometimes that includes dead leaves, but that doesn't mean that the dead leaves are good for them.
Know what is safe for your tortoise to eat and what isn't. This will help you design your outdoor enclosure or just help you vary your tortoise's diet.
Edible Plants for Tortoises
If you're creating an outdoor tortoise enclosure, it's especially important that your set up an area that has plenty of edible plants and grasses. When it comes to tortoises that spend most of their time inside, it's a good idea to have an area outside where you can grow fresh grasses and plants for them to have in addition to their greens.
You will find variety is a good key to a happy, healthy tortoise, so knowing plants that they can eat will help provide that varied diet.
Don't assume, "Well, he wouldn't eat it, if it wasn't safe for him" because sometimes tortoises like to test things. My baby red foot tortoises like to try anything that looks edible when they're outside, and sometimes that includes dead leaves, but that doesn't mean that the dead leaves are good for them.
Know what is safe for your tortoise to eat and what isn't. This will help you design your outdoor enclosure or just help you vary your tortoise's diet.
Edible Plants for Tortoises
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