earth worms

[poison]

hey guys i was just wondering can a tortoise eat earth worms as a treat every now and then?

 

[GBtortoises]

They aren't going to do any harm. But few tortoise species show much interest in eating them.

 

[Jacqui]

Of course! They are the number on favorite treat at my house, actually the worm for some of the tortoises, are a significant percent of their diet even. You'll have to see if your tortoise will even have any interest in one. I am betting it's not going to be a hit with him.

 

[poison]

Of course! They are the number on favorite treat at my house, actually the worm for some of the tortoises, are a significant percent of their diet even. You'll have to see if your tortoise will even have any interest in one. I am betting it's not going to be a hit with him.

put your money where your mouth is lol.

 

[Jacqui]

So have you tried him on one yet?

 

[poison]

no not yet maybe this weekend

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but SHE eats every thing

 

[Edna]

My Hermanns have earthworms living in their indoor enclosure. The torts eat the worms whenever they encounter them. When the torts were younger and in a more humid enclosure they also ate a few slugs.

 

[Mgridgaway]

My redfoots love the occasional earthworm. They slurp them right up

 

[poison]

what other things can they eat that i have no clue about? lol

 

[Itort]

All my torts love them. The hinges and box turtles actively forage for them in outside pens. This is not surprising as all mine are forest type torts. I don't know about chacos as they are more grassland but wouldn't surprise me if they wouldn't pass one up.

 

[Jacqui]

what other things can they eat that i have no clue about? lol

I don't think we keepers have any idea just how much our tortoise will eat, if they have a chance to. We try to convince ourselves that we know what they should and can eat, but in reality we actually know very little about these guys at this point.

 

[poison]

what other things can they eat that i have no clue about? lol

I don't think we keepers have any idea just how much our tortoise will eat, if they have a chance to. We try to convince ourselves that we know what they should and can eat, but in reality we actually know very little about these guys at this point.

very good speech