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Hello and welcome to the forum.

Potatoes are not toxic, but they are not really a good tortoise food either. A small amount of grated potato mixed in with a big pile of greens once in a while won't hurt anything, but why? There are other, better things to feed your tortoise.

What species are you feeding?
 

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Based on some data I found, yams are a bit better than regular potatoes or sweet potatoes, but still not great (lotsa sugar, not great C:p ratio), but I imagine they've got other useful nutrients, so as long as they're not a big part of the tortoise's diet, it should be fine.

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I feed my Redfoot sweet potato from time to time.
 

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Hello and welcome to the forum.

Potatoes are not toxic, but they are not really a good tortoise food either. A small amount of grated potato mixed in with a big pile of greens once in a while won't hurt anything, but why? There are other, better things to feed your tortoise.

What species are you feeding?

Thanks he’s a horse field
 

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I feed my Redfoot sweet potato from time to time.
Is this cooked sweet potato? My iguanas like it, and yam and manioc too, cooked and mixed occasionally with their regular green diet. I have not tried my tortoises with potato, but if I did I would cook it first. I think raw irish potato may not be good to feed anything.
 

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Is this cooked sweet potato? My iguanas like it, and yam and manioc too, cooked and mixed occasionally with their regular green diet. I have not tried my tortoises with potato, but if I did I would cook it first. I think raw irish potato may not be good to feed anything.
Uncooked, I usually just grate it with like a cheese grater and mix it with some greens.
 

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I feed a little yam or sweet potato to my horsefield on occasion, presuming there are some vitamins in “orange” food that isn’t in green.
 

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