Baby Greek Tortoise Food
Here at tortoise town we feed a big mixture of the following daily.
Baby greek tortoise food. It is important to feed a diet that is high in fiber and low in protein for optimum health and shell growth. What fun to put your pet tortoise in the backyard for her meals and play time. When these items are not available often during the winter months they can be replaced by dried bagged organic herbs. This tortoise is naturally a browser eating broadleaf weeds and low leaves from bushes and shrubs.
As babies we focus more on feeding them a wide mix of leafy greens spring mix. Leafy greens lawn grasses grape leaves and hibiscus flowers. This tortoise is naturally a browser eating broadleaf weeds and low leaves from bushes and shrubs. African spurred tortoise also sulcata tortoise.
As babies we feed them fresh chopped greens dusted with d 3 along with moist tortoise pellets. Vegetables can be added to the diet for variety but fruit should generally be avoided or given as no more than 5 10 of the diet. For this reason it is an excellent and healthy idea to offer weeds such as dandelion clover plantain hawksbit cat s ear wild strawberry and thistle. Collard greens endive fresh parsley dandelion greens zucchini broccoli and shredded carrots.
If he s eating greens and a good diet otherwise he needn t eat the pellets. Greek tortoises spend much of their time grazing an on edible landscape. Timothy hay that is chopped up should be added to keep your tortoise s beak trimmed and for the additional fiber. Greek tortoises are herbivores and do best with a diet that s high in fiber and low in protein.
As babies we focus more on feeding them a wide mix of leafy greens spring mix. Food and water. Like the sulcata the leopard tortoise aldabra tortoises and galapagos tortoises have evolved to eat various grasses. Greek tortoises are herbivorous and eat a variety of herbaceous grasses and plants across their range.
These can be found online. The shell is also decorated with different amounts of dark spots and patches of color. In captivity greek tortoises will graze on leafy weeds dandelion clover and most other leafy greens provided to them. Collard greens mustard greens beet greens turnip greens spring mix escarole endive yellow squash green zucchini minced carrots we mince in vitamix and sprinkle toss over food and soaked and softened mazuri.
A variety of dark leafy greens and other vegetables should be the majority of your tortoise s diet. Their diet would consist of two thirds or three quarters in grasses or hay. There s no rule that says tortoise must eat manufactured tortoise food. Feed your tortoise a few different choices of veggies each day.
Dark leafy greens hay grasses sow thistle dandelion and green herbs as treats. In captivity hermanns tortoises will graze on leafy weeds dandelion clover and most other leafy greens provided to them. The most important thing to focus on is variety.