Can he eat this

[Squirts]

Hello I wanted to see if I can give this to my sulcata. My neighbor gave them to Mr but I don't know what type of green this is. So before I chop it up for him I want to make sure he can eat this type of lettuce .

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

That look like green chard, most food references will say it's bad for the oxalate content. I don't agree with that assessment. But iI would limit the amount used to no more than 5% of the total greens fed at any one meal and not use it for more than two meals a week, and I would focus on just using the green part of the leaf.

Adults are a better candidates for eating this than babies. Adults could get the whole leaf, green and white parts, but still in the limited amounts.

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/11147?fgcd=&manu=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=default&order=asc&qlookup=chard,+raw&ds=&qt=&qp=&qa=&qn=&q=&ing=

On this chart you can see that the calcium is present at 24 mg/100 grams and the phosphorus is 22 mg/100 grams. This is often expressed in a ration C: P of 24:22, that is marginally okay. Most greens offered should have a much higher amount of C to P. Often the recommend amount would be 2:1 or even as high as 30:1 depending on what resource (thing to read) you find.

The reason why I say it's okay, even with a mediocre C: P ratio is at a low amount in the diet you are offering your tortoise variety, and variety offers some enrichment. Enrichment is good too.

 

[Squirts]

That look like green chard, most food references will say it's bad for the oxalate content. I don't agree with that assessment. But iI would limit the amount used to no more than 5% of the total greens fed at any one meal and not use it for more than two meals a week, and I would focus on just using the green part of the leaf.

Adults are a better candidates for eating this than babies. Adults could get the whole leaf, green and white parts, but still in the limited amounts.

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/11147?fgcd=&manu=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=default&order=asc&qlookup=chard,+raw&ds=&qt=&qp=&qa=&qn=&q=&ing=

On this chart you can see that the calcium is present at 24 mg/100 grams and the phosphorus is 22 mg/100 grams. This is often expressed in a ration C: P of 24:22, that is marginally okay. Most greens offered should have a much higher amount of C to P. Often the recommend amount would be 2:1 or even as high as 30:1 depending on what resource (thing to read) you find.

The reason why I say it's okay, even with a mediocre C: P ratio is at a low amount in the diet you are offering your tortoise variety, and variety offers some enrichment. Enrichment is good too.

Okay thank u so much for that info.

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm pretty sure that's bok choy. I feed it occasionally to my tortoises. They readily eat the green part, but not so much the white part. It is high in vitamin A

 

[TriciaStringer]

Looks like bok choy

 

[Tom]

It looks like Swiss chard to me.

 

[Yvonne G]

Trust me, it's bok choy.

 

[Yvonne G]

Swiss chard:



bok choy:



Swiss chard has one main white vein going up into the green part while bok choy has many white veins.

 

[Squirts]

Yeah it looks like the last one bok ahoy. Thanks everyone