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I'm the owner of a young 2" sulcata and I'm just asking for some diet tips; what has worked for your tortoise? Thanks!
Tom said:Feed them everything. Lots of variety early on helps make them less picky later on. Grape leaves, mulberry, rose and hibiscus leaves, as many weeds as you can identify and from safe sources, clover, dandelions, mallow, sow thistle, filaree, etc..., and lots and lots of chopped up grass. I like to mix in the grass with just about every meal. I find it much easier to grow your own too. It can be grown outside on the ground or in trays that you can sink into the substrate in the indoor enclosure so they can graze. If you grow several trays, you can rotate them in and out as your baby mows them down.
These things are just a few suggestions from a couple of guys. There are tons of lists of edible plants for tortoises. Check into it and then either find or grow your own stuff.