Tortoise Enclosure Plants and Decor

[Arlingstin]

Does anybody know of any plants that I can grow or place in my indoor Russian Tortoise enclosure that are not toxic (preferably ones that he will not eat, even if they are safe). I want to make his enclosure as realistic to Iran and Afghanistan as possible. Also, is there a good website that sells realistic rocks that are safe to Russian Tortoises?

 

[saleena.lewis]

Well if there are real plants in there they are most likely going to eat them anyways. If you download the app "The Tortoise Table" there is a huge list of safe plants!

 

[nicoleann2214]

Does anybody know of any plants that I can grow or place in my indoor Russian Tortoise enclosure that are not toxic (preferably ones that he will not eat, even if they are safe). I want to make his enclosure as realistic to Iran and Afghanistan as possible. Also, is there a good website that sells realistic rocks that are safe to Russian Tortoises?

Spider plants are good I have tons in my sulcata enclosure and pothos I believe are okay as long as they’re out of reach to be nibbled.

 

[Arlingstin]

Thank you very much!

 

[AgataP]

I have a spider plant - tortoise has no interest in it. The rest of them are grasses, weeds that he can eat.
He really enjoys walking between them and picking things to eat.
I have sulcata so he has bunch of different grasses, clover etc. stuff that I ripped out with roots from the yard.
Some are growing no problem. Some die after a week. Some are eaten and as soon as a leaf pops out he grabs it ??

 

[MichaelL]

pothos is good

 

[KarenSoCal]

Prayer plants are safe, as well as Boston fern.

The thing you need to remember is that any plant you buy at a store will have been dosed with chemicals, so it is not safe to just bring home and put in the enclosure. I had pothos and spider plant in my enclosure. My tortoise started eating the pothos, so I removed it and left the spider, which he doesn't touch.

I took a small cutting from new growth on the pothos and replanted it. It grows really fast, so now I have a new safe plant that I'm about to put in with him.