Plants for indoor enclosure

[Maggotlyfe]

I was looking to add come plants to my enclosure. Is there something that I can find at a garden store that can go in and they can eat?

 

[Maggie Cummings]

I can't name anything for you, but I give a reminder that those plants you have access to buy come from a nursery and were loaded with fertilizers and other growth chemicals so I would advise you to really rinse and rinse and rinse any plant before you feed the flowers or any plant parts to a tortoise. I personally would be afraid to feed a plant or plant parts to my tortoise

 

[terryo]

Here's a great site with pictures.
http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/plants_19.asp?mode=cl&col=all

 

[TortieLuver]

Hello! My vet works with the Desert Museum here in Arizona and other reptile stores and he suggests the following: Bermuda grass, petunias, clover, nasturtium, dichondra, Hibiscus, Plantain, morning glory, Globe mallow, deer grass, rose petals, mulberry leaves.

 

[terryo]

http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/plants_19.asp?catID=384
I don't think Morning glory is too good.

 

[TortieLuver]

Mine loves the petunias, but if you put the plant in with them, it will be completely eaten by morning.

Yeah, I haven't purchased the morning glory plant before, it was on the list that my vet gave and also a local nursery here hands out copies of edible plants for tortoises and it's also on that. It's hard to know sometimes exactly what in-depth they can eat.