safe fresh foods?

Kaska

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I'm getting a two year old redfoot. Is there a list somewhere of the fresh fruits and vegetables that are safe to feed my tortoise?
 

Yvonne G

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I copied this from Tortoise Library :

Mostly greens and plant matter, some vegetables and fruits, small amounts of
protein. Prepared tortoise chows may be used instead or along with fresh
foods.
  • Plant materials can be most lettuces, greens,
    flowers, mushrooms, hays, grasses, leaves or flowers of edible plants
    such as hibiscus, and leaves of fruit trees such as mulberry. Avoid
    using only a few items over and over, especially things like spinach,
    cabbage, and Iceberg lettuces.
  • Vegetables and fruits can
    include shredded carrot, squash, pumpkin, bell pepper, apples,
    kiwifruit, etc. Some very good options are figs and papaya. Keep
    bananas, grapes, and citrus to a minimum. This should only be about 20%
    of the diet or so.
  • Meats should be about 10% or less of the
    diet. Live bugs and worms, snails and slugs, lightly cooked eggs,
    chicken, ‘oily fish’ (salmon, mackerel, etc.), dog or cat food and so
    on.
Feed daily. Remove food when it goes bad. One way to help prevent overfeeding is to limit the higher calorie foods (such as fruits and meats) to an amount smaller than the tortoise’s head.
 

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