looking for quick response on feeding brocolli .

[SILVERSTAR]

is it ok to throw that in every once in a while,ive never heard any talk about it and i happen to have sum around fresh and was gonna throw it in the mix.

 

[Fernando]

I believe in very small amounts are okay. But not as part of its normal diet.

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"Too much broccoli causes gout and makes your tortoise sick"

 

[SILVERSTAR]

wow never heard of gout makes me feel like i should jus skip it.

 

[Fernando]

I would. I feel the same towards fruit and desert tortoises, if it's not good for them in general I would skip it entirely. There are some people that feel comfortable enough giving it to their tortoises as a treat and what not. So it seems to work for some.

 

[SILVERSTAR]

ill prolly jus skip it cuz i got stars on top of that and i think their diet may be a lil stricter than most tortoises IDK maybe not but ill prolly jus skip it.

 

[Yvonne G]

I feed it to my tortoises about once a week.

 

[Neal]

I feed it to my tortoises about once a week.

Me too.

 

[dmarcus]

I have never feed it to mine....I enjoy it to much to share..

 

[SILVERSTAR]

i mixed in a little bit but they didnt seem to even notice so ill check back in a little while.

 

[Fernando]

I have never feed it to mine....I enjoy it to much to share..

haha same here

 

[Kristina]

I feed any and all leftover veggies to my tortoises, cabbage, eggplant, squash, broccoli, cauliflower... waste not want not

The stalks are actually good for their beaks. Not something I would feed every day, but then again I also do not believe in such things as "staple" diets. I am constantly rotating food sources, nothing gets fed two days consecutively and sometimes not even two weeks consecutively, except for the above mentioned "table scraps" (which are the trimmings of what I feed my family, uncooked of course.)