Dandelions,mustard greens,turnip greens,endive,escarole are basics. I'm trying to find the list of everything else!
Here it is : Thank Robyn for putting this list together for everyone
Feed 85%
should be leafy greens listed from the highest nutritional level to least, based on calcium and vitamin levels. These are foods easily obtained from your grocery store and often have had chemicals used on them. Wash well before feeding. Or grow your own. Calcium supplements should be used 2-3 times weekly for female tortoises during egg season.
Opuntia (prickly pear cactus)
Mustard greens
**Swiss Chard
Timothy Hay
Parsley
** spinach
Nappa cabbage
Grape leaves
Endive
Bok Choy
Collard greens
Escarole
Turnip Greens
Dandelion greens
Desert Mallow
Broccoli Rabe (leaves)
*Kale
*Feed less frequently: potential goiter occurrences with excess.
**feed less frequently: contains calcium oxalates which inhibit absorption of calcium
Feed 10%
Fruit/Flowers-- All fruits must be seeded first to prevent intestinal problem and toxicity. Because they are flavorful, tortoises can become addicted to fruits and flowers.
Rose Petals
Geraniums
Pansies
Berries of all kinds
Dandelion
Squashblossoms
Hibiscus (flowers & leaves)
Nasturtium-(leaves & flowers)
Mallow
Peaches
Pears
apples
Tomatoes
plumbs
Give occasionally-moderate nutritional value
Sweet Potato (not the leaves of any potato they are toxic)
Squash (includes Pumpkin- has worming effect)
Carrots
melon
Low Quality-should be avoided
Cabbage (red and green)
Celery
corn (high sugar content)
Cucumber
beansprouts
Peas
Iceberg lettuce (almost no nutritional value- contains high amount of water)
LOL ! Now you can tell it was the end of my work day yesterday....my brain was switched off....Lol Robyn, explains why I didn't think of just posting the link for that thread