I thought it would be fun to have a thread where people can post what their tortoise(s) get fed each day. So many members ask for feeding advice and ideas that I thought we could link this thread as an example of what to feed. I've gotten new ideas and inspiration from so many other tortoise keepers, so I'd like to share what I've learned over the years and also get some new ideas for myself.
Most days I just feed one item, like mulberry leaves or opuntia pads. Today I mixed up all kinds of different stuff. I use a 5 gallon bucket, pile everything in there and mix it all up. I started with a head of endive and two bunches of cilantro. Then I mixed in some freshly sprouted grass collected from my pots. Got some hollyhock leaves, thistle, marigold leaves and flowers, a couple of handfuls of dried moringa leaves from @Kapidolo Farms , some soaked Timothy hay horse pellets, some fresh cut Bermuda grass, and then I topped it all off with a garnish of lavatera and hollyhock flowers.
This food was fed to my stars, radiata, chersina and all the babies in the reptile room:
It would take 3 full buckets like that to feed the sulcatas and leopards, so they got three buckets of opuntia pads instead. Here is the pile next to one of the sulcata houses. The big sulcatas and SA leopards always have grass hay available too..
Here is Gargantua looking huge and eating from his pile:
The leopards are on the other side of the ranch. I didn't get a picture of their cactus pad pile, but you get the idea.
What did YOU feed your tortoise(s) today?
Most days I just feed one item, like mulberry leaves or opuntia pads. Today I mixed up all kinds of different stuff. I use a 5 gallon bucket, pile everything in there and mix it all up. I started with a head of endive and two bunches of cilantro. Then I mixed in some freshly sprouted grass collected from my pots. Got some hollyhock leaves, thistle, marigold leaves and flowers, a couple of handfuls of dried moringa leaves from @Kapidolo Farms , some soaked Timothy hay horse pellets, some fresh cut Bermuda grass, and then I topped it all off with a garnish of lavatera and hollyhock flowers.
This food was fed to my stars, radiata, chersina and all the babies in the reptile room:
It would take 3 full buckets like that to feed the sulcatas and leopards, so they got three buckets of opuntia pads instead. Here is the pile next to one of the sulcata houses. The big sulcatas and SA leopards always have grass hay available too..
Here is Gargantua looking huge and eating from his pile:
The leopards are on the other side of the ranch. I didn't get a picture of their cactus pad pile, but you get the idea.
What did YOU feed your tortoise(s) today?