Should I feed my Mediterranean tortoise butternut squash?

[Wally80]

Hello, I am a new tortoise owner and I was wondering if butternut squash is a good vegetable to add to his diet? If so how should I prepare it? And if you have any other suggestions they are welcome.

 

[jsheffield]

I feed my Russian Tortoises butternut or spaghetti squash or pumpkin 1-2 times a week, but mainly they eat a mix of greens and weeds and flowers.

I buy the butternut squash frozen and cubed from my supermarket, and feed it to them raw, just thawed.

Jamie

 

[Wally80]

I feed my Russian Tortoises butternut or spaghetti squash or pumpkin 1-2 times a week, but mainly they eat a mix of greens and weeds and flowers.

I buy the butternut squash frozen and cubed from my supermarket, and feed it to them raw, just thawed.

Jamie

Thank you so much, this helps a lot

 

[RosemaryDW]

I don’t feed it that often but it’s a good food and it’s good to mix in some “orange” food among the weeds. Sweet potato/yam is another orange one that’s nice to give them now and again. I usually just cut off a small piece at the end.

It’s okay if it takes them a while to get through all of it; they don’t have anything else to do!

 

[Yossarian]

I feed it to mine sometimes, not very often though.

 

[Wally80]

I don’t feed it that often but it’s a good food and it’s good to mix in some “orange” food among the weeds. Sweet potato/yam is another orange one that’s nice to give them now and again. I usually just cut off a small piece at the end.

It’s okay if it takes them a while to get through all of it; they don’t have anything else to do!
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Thank you for the suggestion can’t wait to feed my tort.

 

[Wally80]

I feed it to mine sometimes, not very often though.

Would you say once every other week is a good amount?

 

[Tom]

Hello, I am a new tortoise owner and I was wondering if butternut squash is a good vegetable to add to his diet? If so how should I prepare it? And if you have any other suggestions they are welcome.

Its fine to feed some about once or twice a week, but grate it up and mix it in with other greens.

Read this for more diet info:

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? 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. What is...

tortoiseforum.org

 

[Wally80]

Its fine to feed some about once or twice a week, but grate it up and mix it in with other greens.

Read this for more diet info:

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? 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. What is...

tortoiseforum.org

Ok thanks this is super helpful

 

[Mrs.Jennifer]

When my husband carves his pumpkins each Halloween, I keep the pulp he scrapes out. I form them into little patties and freeze them on trays. After they are frozen, I toss them into a freezer bag. Each week I defrost one and mix it into some chopped up greens and crushed dried flowers that I harvested during the summer. My little Russian loves it!

 

[Lyn W]

Hi and welcome.
www,thetortoisetable.org.uk is a good guide to tort safe foods that you may find helpful.

 

[Wally80]

Hi and welcome.
www,thetortoisetable.org.uk is a good guide to tort safe foods that you may find helpful.

Thank you, I’ll be sure to check it out