Russian Tortoise Diet

BoggyIsMyTortise

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I got a Russian tortoise for Christmas and i'm a new tortoise owner and i just feed him lettuce from the store at first but then i learned that's not too good for them and i should be feeding him grass, stuff i would grow in my back yard.

Any suggestions on what i should grow for my Russian tortoise to eat.
 

Yvonne G

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Hi, and welcome to the Forum!

Sounds like you haven't found our Russian tortoise section yet. Take a look at the pinned care sheets at the top of the Russian section. There's a long list of foods that Russians eat. They don't eat grass so much as they eat broad-leaf weeds and plants. But there's a good list for you to choose from in that section.
 

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BoggyIsMyTortise

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Thanks I will check out all of those but i also have a different question. I'm building an out door enclosure for my Russian tortoise and i was wondering how big it should be i was thinking 4x4 feet????
 

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4x8 is prob as small as I would go. Make sure you cap all corners with something. Russians can climb anything! Mine can get out of just about any thing ;)
 

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4x4 feet is great for a first year baby. For anything older go at least 4x8, but 10x10 or 30x30 would be better. Wild russians cover a lot of ground daily, and its good for our captive tortoises to be able to do the same.
 

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