Snacks I can grow for my red foot tortoise

[speedysmommy]

Hi I want to grow some edible snacks in my red foots enclosure. I am debating on clover or dandelions or fescue grass. I don't expect this to be his main meal I'll still be giving him his normal variety of food. But I am hearing different things. Such as some saying dandelions are too high in oxalates and some saying clovers have too much protein etc . So please help me what can I grow for him that is healthy and safe and sprouts fast

 

[wellington]

@ZEROPILOT
RF can eat such a wide variety of foods, greens probably only 50% of their diet or less. So go ahead and grow both or either.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Mix it up.
They can eat almost any unprocessed, fresh or frozen (fresh is best) food that you eat. Including a diet of over 50% fruit and flowers. And some meat protein.
With such a giant menu available to them, no one thing needs to be a staple food.
Get creative.

 

[speedysmommy]

Thanks so much I'm going to take y'all's advice and get him/her a little bit of everything then !!

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

I include a good diet list at the bottom of this thread I made, there’s lots more to add but it’s definitely a good start for some things to try

Young red foot/ cherryhead set up

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information on an effective example of a starter enclosure for a red foot/cherry head😊 Care advice for these guys is painfully behind, fb pages, YouTube, pet stores, they’re all repeating the same outdated advice, this forum is made of...

tortoiseforum.org

Feel free to use it to double check your equipment and levels etc too

 

[ZEROPILOT]

The food list is probably the best thing about keeping a Redfoot.
They're definitely the easiest to feed. And usually they're not at all picky.