[/b]This is for hermann tortoise owners.
THey cannot eat Tomatoes or fruit, however a slice of tomatoe or fruit once every week wont do any harm as a treat. But only once a week and only 1 thin slice, chopped finely.
These tortoises need a diet of: weeds, flowers and plants and greens heres a list.
Greens:
Mustard greens
Collard greens
Turnip greens
Carrot tops
Spring greens
Salad mixes
Endive
Escarole
Carrots
Cucumber (sparingly)
Weeds/Plants/Flowers:
Dandelion
Bindweed
Plantain
Hibiscus
Aloe vera
Pansy
Petunia
Fuschia
Hosta
Chicory
Knapweed
Bitter cress
Field pansy
Rose petals
Hedge mustard
Sowthistle
Global thistle
Violets
Bermuda Grass
Other grasses
Other:
Once a week or so, you can give tomatoes as a nice juicey treat.
It is not highly recommended since its a fruit...and fruit is bad for tortoises.
But as a treat no harm done =]
Thanks Cpx that was really helpful.Im going to put this on my Favorites.
That was a nice list CPX. One thing I would use the collard, turnip, and mustard greens rarely as they contain something that wipes out other vitamins. At least that is what I read on the Russian sites. But great list.
Thankyou, yes The greens are something you would feed rarely or feed very little of.
However it is a food that can be used daily, or when weeds and plants run out.
Such as during hot summer weeks where nothing grows cuz of the heat.
Or ice cold weeks in winter when its too cold for anything to stay alive long enough.
I would never feed cabbage to a tortoise, it is from the brassica family and therefore prevents the tort absorbing the calcium from the other healthy foods, tomatoes are not good for med species either - they are a fruit and therefore upsets the gut flora.
Tamie
Tamie Wrote:I would never feed cabbage to a tortoise, it is from the brassica family and therefore prevents the tort absorbing the calcium from the other healthy foods, tomatoes are not good for med species either - they are a fruit and therefore upsets the gut flora.
Tamie
Hi Tamie,
I have to agree with you here.I have never fed any of my torts fruit or vegetables.My torts only diet is pure weeds.
Julie
Have to agree with Tamie and Julie here. I wouldn't be adding any of the greens stated there to any of my tortoises diets.
Peter
Lol if you look.. i said tomatoes are bad.
But greens can be fed when out of weeds.
T-P Wrote:Lol if you look.. i said tomatoes are bad.
But greens can be fed when out of weeds.
Cpx, here's what you actually said:
Other:
you can feed occassionally tomatoes, cucumber, and cabbage when your out of weeds. but do not feed this daily other wise your tortoise will become unhealthy.
Feed cucumber daily if you want to, but never feed tomatoes or cabbage daily. Once a week or whenever your outof other food.
So you see you did say to feed tomatoes, albeit occassionally, but to correct this information; tomatoes are a fruit and not to be fed and anything from the brassica family should NOT BE FED AT ALL !!!!
Also, cucumber has no nutritional value at all and is of no benefit to a healthy hydrated tortoise.
Tamie
but i thought that you could feed tomatoes.. on another forum, people have said they do.
zeezombiedoll Wrote:but i thought that you could feed tomatoes.. on another forum, people have said they do.
Just because people have said they feed tomatoes to their tortoises does not make it right for the tortoise.
Tamie
zeezombiedoll Wrote:but i thought that you could feed tomatoes.. on another forum, people have said they do.
Tomatoes are a fruit which will upset the gut flora.
Julie
zeezombiedoll Wrote:but i thought that you could feed tomatoes.. on another forum, people have said they do.
Tomatoes are a fruit,like any other fruit they will upset the gut flora.
Julie
Woops sorry so i did.
But on shelledwarriors (correct me if wrong)..everyone says they occasionally feed tortoises.
if its not believed then please click this link:
http://forums.shelledwarriors.co.uk/view...php?t=8778
SO i take it tomatoes and cucumber are very much allowed to be fed as a "treat"
Someone said:
well I own up I do give my torts the odd tomatoe as a treat they may not contain any value but can give extra moisture when its hot and dry and I don,t think they do any harm as a treat, but my torts have access to weeds and grazing all day every day and often they don,t want the treats anyway.
another person said:
plus to be extra naughty they have the odd peice of cucumber and a nice juicy strawberry so go ahead and string me up probably no more sugar content than lovely big flower heads full of nectar
Someone else also said:
I must admit I did give my two a little piece of cucumber and a little strawberry I had growing in the garden one day but they would'nt touch it, I guess they are just too well trained now I thought if I needed to worm them putting it on the cucumber may make them take it, but no go. I think a little thin slice of cucumber on a rare occasion should do no harm.
Beverley[/b]
T-P Wrote:Woops sorry so i did.
But on shelledwarriors (correct me if wrong)..everyone says they occasionally feed tortoises.
if its not believed then please click this link:
http://forums.shelledwarriors.co.uk/view...php?t=8778
SO i take it tomatoes and cucumber are very much allowed to be fed as a "treat"
Someone said:
well I own up I do give my torts the odd tomatoe as a treat they may not contain any value but can give extra moisture when its hot and dry and I don,t think they do any harm as a treat, but my torts have access to weeds and grazing all day every day and often they don,t want the treats anyway.
another person said:
plus to be extra naughty they have the odd peice of cucumber and a nice juicy strawberry so go ahead and string me up probably no more sugar content than lovely big flower heads full of nectar
Someone else also said:
I must admit I did give my two a little piece of cucumber and a little strawberry I had growing in the garden one day but they would'nt touch it, I guess they are just too well trained now I thought if I needed to worm them putting it on the cucumber may make them take it, but no go. I think a little thin slice of cucumber on a rare occasion should do no harm.
Beverley[/b]
Well, I will correct you as you are WRONG - not "everybody" said they fed their tortoises tomatoes, a few did and I say again just because some do it does not make it right.
Please accept that you have listed incorrect items as suitable for tortoises.
As for bringing up Shellwarriors, one would have thought you of all people would rather things not be copied and pasted from there onto here?!?
Tamie