Feeding my tortoise

[Bubbatort]

I brought home a new Tortoise sadly from a pet store. His name is Bubba and I'm quite aware that Tortoises prefer to be fed a variety of veggies. So far I bought a salad bag with Romaine lettuce, curly endive, carrots and radicchio. I've been feeding Bubba this for 4 days and he hasn't been experiencing problems. Should I feed him something else? I live in PA so I'm not sure.

 

[Mercy FBR]

Welcome to TFO! I (unfortunately) am not tortoise-savvy enough to identify what sort of tort you have to point you in the right direction. However, if you take a look at this sub-forum, it should lead you in the right direction:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/forums/tortoise-diet-and-food.21/

 

[Bubbatort]

Welcome to TFO! I (unfortunately) am not tortoise-savvy enough to identify what sort of tort you have to point you in the right direction. However, if you take a look at this sub-forum, it should lead you in the right direction:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/forums/tortoise-diet-and-food.21/

Thank you I have a Russian Tort

 

[Yvonne G]

If you can't find broad-leaf weeds and edible plants from outside, than you can buy the packaged salads, but the one you've bought isn't really a very good one. I would steer clear of those that are heavy on the romaine and iceburg. The one I like best is called Santa Barbara salad. It contains radicchio, endive and escarole. You can also buy turnip greens and dandelion (chicory).

Welcome to the Forum! We have a care sheet for Russians at the top of the Russian section.