How much to feed leopard tortoise

[Cedricthetort]

Hello, kinda new to the whole tortoise thing! Cedric my leopard tortoise is 2.5 years old, at the moment we feed him around a large handful of food every morning. He use to slowly eat this throughout the day, sometimes having bits left. Recently he has been eating this amount within hours of it being in his bowl. Just wondering if we put more food down could we over feed him? Or if he's eating it so quick does this mean he needs more food throughout the day?

Second question, we have just starting growing peppers and tomatoes in the garden, can he eat the leaves off these plants as we trim them down?

Thank you in advance. Picture of Cedric enjoying the sun we have been having at the moment

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome.

Tortoises are grazers. They should be fed as much as they want to eat of the right foods.

Tomato leaves are toxic, but I don't know about the pepper leaves. I think those little white flowers are daisies? I could be wrong, but if not, those are toxic too.

Here is all the care info with a whole section on diet.

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

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[Ink]

I feed my leopard 2 to 3 handfuls of food a day. If he eats it all , I add more food.

 

[haydog_99]

I let mine eat as much as he wants. Mine usually doesn’t eat the entire handful of greens I give him.

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

seems like your tortoise is pyraminding keep his enclosure humid 75-100%

 

[Cedricthetort]

seems like your tortoise is pyraminding keep his enclosure humid 75-100%

I've read about that online, can you see that from the picture?

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

I've read about that online, can you see that from the picture?

Yes i Can

 

[Kim's petunia]

seems like your tortoise is pyraminding keep his enclosure humid 75-100%

I noticed you mentioned the pyramid at what age is it too late to fix it ,or try

 

[Srmcclure]

Hello and welcome.

Tortoises are grazers. They should be fed as much as they want to eat of the right foods.

Tomato leaves are toxic, but I don't know about the pepper leaves. I think those little white flowers are daisies? I could be wrong, but if not, those are toxic too.

Here is all the care info with a whole section on diet.

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

I'm pretty sure those pepper leaves are toxic as well

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

I noticed you mentioned the pyramid at what age is it too late to fix it ,or try

You can’t Reverse it, but you can Prevent it From getting worse. Keep the Humidity High, That will prevent t from getting worse.

 

[Kim's petunia]

You can’t Reverse it, but you can Prevent it From getting worse. Keep the Humidity High, That will prevent t from getting worse.

Ok ,how long her life or a couple of years

 

[Maro2Bear]

From The Tort Table...regarding Pepper leaves ❌❌

• Common Name: Sweet Pepper (Green Pepper, Pepper, Capsicum, Bell Pepper)
• Latin Name: Capsicum spp.
• Family Name: Solanaceae

This plant comes from the same family as tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco and the nightshades, and although the pepper itself is not actually toxic to tortoises (and a small amount will not harm them), the leaves, stem and roots are toxic and should not be fed.

The pepper does not have a good calcium to phosphorous ratio (it is 1:2.1) and the ripened pepper can be too high in sugars for most tortoises (although it can be fed sparingly to fruit-eating species).

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

Ok ,how long her life or a couple of years

Depending what you make to Prevent it? Usually takes a few years.