Food

[jorn]

Hello, wich do you think are the best vegetables to give your tortoise except for lettuce?

 

[ChloeCrull]

Hi there, jorn.


If you have a local SaveMart or Food4Less near you, they have a lovely supply of radicchio, collard greens, mustard greens, kale (small amounts, please), parsley, thyme, rosemary, and baby carrots (chop them up!). I've always mixed small amounts of everything into a "salad" and fed it to my two Russian tortoises. They dig in right away! Make sure to add calcium supplements to their dishes at least twice a week as well.

 

[jorn]

Hi there well I live in Belgium so we probably won't have so let's I'd make a diet out of thyme rosemary and lambs lettuce and carrots and the additional calcium, will it be enough for the my Hermann to be healthy ?

 

[ChloeCrull]

Belgium? That's very cool!

I would go easy on the carrots and rosemary; try to stick to the dark greenery. Thyme and lambs lettuce would be a healthy choice for your hermann, but try your best to change up the diet every now and then. Variety is the key. Here are some additional pictures of items that I feed my tortoises—you may recognize them from the grocery store.

Collard Greens






Endives











Kale







Mustard Greens







Thyme






Radicchio

 

[jorn]

Thank you the picture help a lot because we mainly call these things differfntly

 

[ChloeCrull]

Thank you the picture help a lot because we mainly call these things differfntly

I'm very glad that they were useful. If you need anything else, don't hesitate to ask! Thank you

 

[jorn]

I heard I could add viola, forget met not, geranium and mint to it as well

 

[ChloeCrull]

I pulled out my handy-dandy tortoise diet chart and glanced at the items you mentioned. They look good to me! Take a look at this list if you would like to. It's in alphabetical order, so you should be able to find items easily. The viola was a bit harder to find, as it is listed under the Latin terms and the family of plant it belonged to.

http://www.tortoiselady.co.uk/page6.htm

 

[jorn]

Thanks

 

[jorn]

It is a really helpful site!!

 

[jorn]

So I guess the best is to combine these with lambs lettuce thyme and some dry foods now and then

 

[ChloeCrull]

That would be the best option! Fortunately, the greenery that tortoises eat can be purchased for a very small amount of money at the grocery stores. Just have fun and mix it up! I think I enjoy constructing the salads more than my tortoises enjoy eating them!

 

[jorn]

Hha I can believe that thanks

 

[peasinapod]

Your tortoise probably won't eat herbs like thyme, rosemary, mint and the like. They make great plants inside an enclosure because they won't be eaten.

 

[jorn]

Ok, but what do you mean by enclosure?

 

[peasinapod]

Ok, but what do you mean by enclosure?

The fenced in area he lives in/ his "cage". (French: enclos, German: Gehege) Hope that clarifies.

 

[jorn]

Thanks, so if I put mint and thyme on his plate with lambs lettuce he won't eat it? gr

 

[ChloeCrull]

Thanks, so if I put mint and thyme on his plate with lambs lettuce he won't eat it? gr

My tortoises love their thyme. I give it to them in small amounts. I've never tried mint, but I've heard a few success stories. Every tortoise is different!

 

[jorn]

Ok thanks

 

[jorn]

My tortoises love their thyme. I give it to them in small amounts. I've never tried mint, but I've heard a few success stories. Every tortoise is different!

Btw, I've used the site you had given me, so for now I've written down 20 herbs and plants I know that can grow here, and are all eatable (leaf and flower), so I will start on ordering some seeds for next year
I've also found a dutch site wich sells reptile lambs and also some tortoise food, they sell a seedmix for tortoises, so I'm gonna give them a call this week see what their about. If they sound ligit and everything I will certainly leave a link here. They've got an on line shop gr