Diet question

[tagme4]

Can I ask you a quick question?
Are you able to feed sulcata tortoises the pulp of juiced leafy greens and other fruits & vegetables?
We just started to use a juicer and I thought maybe...they could eat it?
Does anyone know if its okay?

 

[Yvonne G]

Not too much fruit, but the veggies and greens would be ok, as long as there was still 'normal' foods in the diet.

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[dmmj]

the pulp that's left over when the juices extracted should be ok as long as it's fed sparingly that way it doesn't go to waste

 

[Tom]

You can feed the pulp of some veggies if you mix it in with other greens or grass clippings. I would not feed the pulp alone, I would not feed fruit pulp, and I wouldn't let this be too big of a percentage of the overall diet.

And hello and welcome to the forum.

 

[Careym13]

Welcome to TFO!!

 

[tagme4]

Thank you all for the advice on the veggie pulp. I will make sure it is limited and when given mixed with hay grass. And thank you for the welcome!

 

[dmmj]

mixing it with hay is the best thing to do .

 

[tagme4]

What other food items from the grocery store does anyone else use to feed their tortoises? We live in a small town and it is hard to locate food sources other than our grocery store. Thank you.

 

[Blakem]

Mustard greens, kale, collard greens, dandelion greens. You should look at the diet section of the forum so your tortoise is receiving all of the nutrients necessary to thrive.

 

[SGT Fish]

I feed a lot of collard greens because my bearded dragons eat it too. I also feed dandelions from the store and my front yard because frank has already eaten all the weeds in the back yard. I have also fed kale too. But j really like collard greens to feed them he grazes on grass all day too usually

 

[DawnH]

With juicing, some people add things to it. Protein powder, whatever. Make sure you don't have any of those additives. And the easiest way to feed a tort is to grow it! It is super easy and even if space is limited you can grow a plethora of food. A lot of the tort safe seed mixes grow quickly... you would be surprised.

Welcome to the forum! And I gotta say "The monster at the end of this book" has been my kids favorite book for over 20 years! THE BEST!!