Hi, I'm Lee and I have a tortoise named little dude. I didn't introduce myself at first because I was so worried about him. He is doing much better. I just read it online that kale is not safe for him! So right now he gets Romaine yellow pepper carrots red leaf lettuce and collards a little bit. I also give him dandelion if I can find it. I'm just hoping that someone here will help me learn what is best for my tortoise to eat? There's too many different ideas when I Google. Thank you
What is safe???
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What species?
a little kale isn’t necessarily bad
a little kale isn’t necessarily bad
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neither of them are very harmful, but they aren’t the best food source. What species is your tortoise? If you don’t know, you can put a picture here
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Technically pepper's are fruit. Albeit without a bunch of sugars that we normally associate with fruit.
I believe that both peppers and broccoli can be fed in small quantities to a Russian. But neither should be a regular food item.
I believe that both peppers and broccoli can be fed in small quantities to a Russian. But neither should be a regular food item.
Kale is fine once in a while, and so are the other foods you mentioned. Broadleaf weeds should be the main diet. Read this for the care care info and diet:
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...
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I think the link from @ZEROPILOT is dead. I clicked on it and it said "404 Not Found"... The one I linked is from the same author, me, but it is the updated version.
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It IS indeed a dead end and I've removed the link.Kale is fine once in a while, and so are the other foods you mentioned. Broadleaf weeds should be the main diet. Read this for the care care info and diet:
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...
I think the link from @ZEROPILOT is dead. I clicked on it and it said "404 Not Found"... The one I linked is from the same author, me, but it is the updated version.
Thank you
