Mostly greens and plant matter, some vegetables and fruits, small amounts of
protein. Prepared tortoise chows may be used instead or along with fresh
foods.
Plant materials can be most lettuces, greens,
flowers, mushrooms, hays, grasses, leaves or flowers of edible plants
such as hibiscus, and leaves of fruit trees such as mulberry. Avoid
using only a few items over and over, especially things like spinach,
cabbage, and Iceberg lettuces.
Vegetables and fruits can
include shredded carrot, squash, pumpkin, bell pepper, apples,
kiwifruit, etc. Some very good options are figs and papaya. Keep
bananas, grapes, and citrus to a minimum. This should only be about 20%
of the diet or so.
Meats should be about 10% or less of the
diet. Live bugs and worms, snails and slugs, lightly cooked eggs,
chicken, ‘oily fish’ (salmon, mackerel, etc.), dog or cat food and so
on.
Feed daily. Remove food when it goes bad. One way to help prevent overfeeding is to limit the higher calorie foods (such as fruits and meats) to an amount smaller than the tortoise’s head.