Are these plants safe to keep in a tortoise’s enclosure?

[oliviachilton]

Hello! I have a 2-3 month old sulcata tortoise and I went shopping for plants today for his enclosure. I was looking for safe ones to keep in his enclosure, but none of the stores I went to have 1000% safe plants that you could keep in a tortoise enclosure, all of them only had ones that you can feed in moderation. But, with saying that, I just wanted more opinions on the plants I got. I got Aster, romaine leaf lettuce (I wasn’t going to keep that in his enclosure, but if I can please do tell ) and lastly, I got garden sage. would just like opinions on that, thank you!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Greetings. None of those are really good if you just purchased. It’s just as easy to go out in your garden and dig upsome nice large grass tufts. I used to do this all the time. Grass, dandelion, plantain. Find some weeds/grass tufts, dig them out & plant. As long as there were no pesticides applied, these tufts of grass are safe, free, and good food to nibble. The herb Sage is strong & prob wouldn’t be tasty

 

[oliviachilton]

Greetings. None of those are really good if you just purchased. It’s just as easy to go out in your garden and dig upsome nice large grass tufts. I used to do this all the time. Grass, dandelion, plantain. Find some weeds/grass tufts, dig them out & plant. As long as there were no pesticides applied, these tufts of grass are safe, free, and good food to nibble. The herb Sage is strong & prob wouldn’t be tasty

Thank you for the reply! There’s not a whole bunch of flowers by me, and the ones that are in my yard I don’t know what they are and if it’s okay for the tortoise to eat. I was hoping to start my own garden, hence why I bought the plants. I have cat grass as well, but I heard that was okay to put into a tortoise’s enclosure so that was my plan. I do from time to time dig up grass in my yard and feed my tortoise it, but I was hoping to get more things that had to do with flowers besides just that. Any suggestions?

 

[Maro2Bear]

Sullys are grass eaters... but, Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus, all kinds of pumpkin/gourd flowers, grape leaves, mulberry leaves all work well. Grass, grass, grass - cheap, easy.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Is this an indoor or outdoor enclosure that you are trying to plant?

 

[oliviachilton]

Is this an indoor or outdoor enclosure that you are trying to plant?

Indoor right now like i said, he is 2-3 months old so not big enough to keep safe from predators.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Indoor right now like i said, he is 2-3 months old so not big enough to keep safe from predators.

Right. Id just pick clumps of grass/dandelions/weeds & put those in there. The inside of a Sully hatchlings fully enclosed enclosure @80F overall ambient, coupled with hotter basking areas, isnt very conducive to growing plants.

Good luck!