[/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 =]

This post was last modified: 08-31-2007 11:22 AM by T-P.

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

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.

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.

This post was last modified: 08-31-2007 10:49 AM by zeezombiedoll.