what kind of plants?

I am wanting to add a few small potted plants into my baby Sulcata's habitat what kinds should i avoid and what kinds would benefit Scout? I want to make sure he's getting enough stimulus while I'm at work.

MK

I generally use succulents, but because we keep the baby habitats so moist, I have to change them out frequently. Here's a picture of my latest baby leopard enclosure:



The two plants closest to the camera, on the right and on the left, are fake. The two next to the bigger baby are real, I think both of them are in the haworthia family. Then back in the corner is a potted pothos. You can see nibbles taken out of the leaves they can reach. I keep all my plants in the pots to make it harder for the tortoises to dig them up.

@Markw84 has some good ideas for this subject too.

Air plant, spider plant, pothos, cactus......

Agree with the additions contributed above by Yvonne and Danielle and others. Cactus really arent meant to grow in really high humid, moist conditions, so i never planted. They will tend to rot before grow. Feed yes, grow, nagh.

• Grass Plugs. Nice tufts/plugs of grass, complete with roots from your lawn work well and can be added and devoured.
• Chia! What i did sprinkle down as well were Chia seeds. They rapidly grew, even while being trampled by a roving hatchling. From the Tortoise Table - The young sprouts of Chia are perfectly safe for tortoises, but do not feed parts of the plants containing the seeds, as they are high in protein and phosphorous. (Never had the seed issue since they are eaten way before going to seed )
• Wheat Grass. Although i never used, the small pots of grass sold in pet stores for cats SEEMS like an easy addition to any tort enclosure. A few can be easily placed throughout any enclosure.
  • Variety is good at early stages of hatchling development - it’s the spice of good tort growth. No finiky eaters.

Good luck. Happy Torting.

I like to use real plants and do keep them in pots as Yvonne mentions. The problem is finding plants that do well in lower light and hot and humid conditions and they need to be tortoise safe.

The ones I end using the most are:

Pothos. The easiest plant to grow in these conditions. Very fast growing and they branch all over the enclosure. Some places list the pothos as irritating due to the raphides, but chelonians are unaffected by this and can nibble on what they reach. Mine normally only occasionally nibble on it unless they get very hungry.

Boston Fern. Also does well in lower light. I will hang pots from hooks in the ceiling of the enclosure with the fronds drooping down creating a nice cover. Be sure they are planted so the soil does not dry too quickly and will hold moisture. Also can burn easily under a CHE or too close to UVB.

Prayer plant. Does moderately well, but burns even more easily than the boston fern.

For the last two, you can rotate plants from the enclosure to a nice indoor location to recover to keep them very lush. Won't need to do that with pothos - they grow so well.

Cat grass from PetCo or PetSmart work well, lay it on it's side and it's a good first exposure to eating live grass. And it's pet safe. Yeah.