Is my food mix okay?

[Shakudo]

Hello,

Thanks everyone for the good information I got here.
I have almost completely changed the diet of Yoshi, my Russian to outdoor greens.

I have decided to make the most of the good summer and gather as much plants as I can for her.

What do you think?

My current mix now consists of:

Plantain (Plantago Major/Lanceolate)
Clover ( Trifolium sp.)
Dandelion leaves (the flowers are coming in bloom this month, so yay for that
Chicory (cichorium intybus) ( she just loves this)


I have not yet learned to recognize all of the edibles but I am studying and doing my research.


Joey

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

You can also feed them Creeping Charlie (if you have it)


And wild grapes (the leaves)
Some other common weeds
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/help-identifying-some-common-weeds.92227/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/weed-identification-tort-food.1381/

 

[wellington]

There are also seed mixes you can order. Tortoisesupply.com has some

 

[Reptilelove]

Sounds yummy!

 

[lismar79]

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You can also feed them Creeping Charlie (if you have it)

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And wild grapes (the leaves)
Some other common weeds
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/help-identifying-some-common-weeds.92227/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/weed-identification-tort-food.1381/

This link says creeping charlie is a no feed! Can cause organ damage.
http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp?catID=413

Creeping jenny is ok & is sometimes called charlie.
http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp?mode=main&catID=503

Yellowturtle, your pic looks like the toxic one, please double check

 

[lismar79]

Or am I just taking tort table too serious??? I have that stuff everywhere, would be great if I could just stop trying to get rid of it!

 

[Shakudo]

Thank you all for your responses.
What I actually wanted to know, was if my little mix has sufficient variety in it, and enough nutritional value.

Or am I just taking tort table too serious??? I have that stuff everywhere, would be great if I could just stop trying to get rid of it!

Well... it says on the website " creeping charlie" the purple variety has some substances that might be harmful to mammals... I wouldn't actually try that out on my tortoise, I'd go with the safe varieties



Joey

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

This link says creeping charlie is a no feed! Can cause organ damage.
http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp?catID=413

Creeping jenny is ok & is sometimes called charlie.
http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp?mode=main&catID=503

Yellowturtle, your pic looks like the toxic one, please double check

OH WOW, thank you for pointing that out!!! It is the toxic one. I got the wrong picture!!

THAT is the one I meant to upload!! Creeping jenny can also be called (golden) moneywart. That is all over the yard too, and they like the flowers.
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/wiki/index.php5/Toxicity_of_Some_Common_House_Plants
Found another website that clears up all this charlie business!
I am so sorry about the first picture!! I'll double check next time.

 

[lismar79]

Thank you all for your responses.
What I actually wanted to know, was if my little mix has sufficient variety in it, and enough nutritional value.




Too much clover and dandelion can be a bad thing too. Mullberry leaf is pretty perfect tort food if you have any. Different thistles can be good and easy to find too. You will need to find a bit more variety to be a balanced diet

 

[Shakudo]

Bump.... No other suggestions ?.?.?

 

[Tom]

Joey, Those are great foods, but no, four foods are not nearly enough. Those are all good as part of a varied diet, but keep doing your research and learning your weeds. Here's a list of things that I feed:
Mulberry leaves
Grape vine leaves
Hibiscus leaves
African hibiscus leaves
Blue hibiscus leaves
Rose of Sharon leaves
Rose leaves
Geraniums
Gazanias
Lavatera
Pansies
Petunias
Hostas
Honeysuckle
Cape honeysuckle
Leaves and blooms from any squash plant, like pumpkin, cucumber, summer squash, etc...
Young spineless opuntia cactus pads

Weeds:
There are soooooooo many...
Dandelion
Mallow
Filaree
Smooth Sow thistle
Prickly Sow thistle
Milk thistle
Goat head weed
Cats ear
Nettles
Trefoil
Wild onion
Wild mustard
Wild Garlic
Clovers
Broadleaf plantain
Narrow leaf plantain
Chick weed
Hawksbit
Hensbit
Hawksbeard

Other good stuff:
"Testudo Seed Mix" from http://www.tortoisesupply.com/SeedMixes
Pasture mixes or other seeds from http://www.groworganic.com/seeds.html
Homegrown alfalfa
Mazuri Tortoise Chow
ZooMed Grassland Tortoise Food

 

[Shakudo]

Joey, Those are great foods, but no, four foods are not nearly enough. Those are all good as part of a varied diet, but keep doing your research and learning your weeds. Here's a list of things that I feed:
Mulberry leaves
Grape vine leaves
Hibiscus leaves
African hibiscus leaves
Blue hibiscus leaves
Rose of Sharon leaves
Rose leaves
Geraniums
Gazanias
Lavatera
Pansies
Petunias
Hostas
Honeysuckle
Cape honeysuckle
Leaves and blooms from any squash plant, like pumpkin, cucumber, summer squash, etc...
Young spineless opuntia cactus pads

Weeds:
There are soooooooo many...
Dandelion
Mallow
Filaree
Smooth Sow thistle
Prickly Sow thistle
Milk thistle
Goat head weed
Cats ear
Nettles
Trefoil
Wild onion
Wild mustard
Wild Garlic
Clovers
Broadleaf plantain
Narrow leaf plantain
Chick weed
Hawksbit
Hensbit
Hawksbeard

Other good stuff:
"Testudo Seed Mix" from http://www.tortoisesupply.com/SeedMixes
Pasture mixes or other seeds from http://www.groworganic.com/seeds.html
Homegrown alfalfa
Mazuri Tortoise Chow
ZooMed Grassland Tortoise Food

Thank you very much Tom