I have a plant in my front yard that I was unable to identify, so I never offered any to Carl (my baby hermann's) in his food dish. However, we were out, sunning, one day, and of course the one plant I could NOT keep him away from was this one. He would completely destroy the little seedlings, try to reach for the taller, bigger leaves by extending his neck to lengths that I didn't know were possible... If ever a tortoise was addicted to a plant, Carl is addicted to this plant.... only problem, I had absolutely no idea what kind it was, but I figured if he was going out of his way to find this particular plant, it must not have been too bad.
After a bit of research into it, I've found out that Carl's "drug" as I call it, now, is sedum spectabile AKA Iceplant. I still rarely offer the leaf to him, just because I'm not sure if it's something he should be eating, but whenever we are outside, I think he remembers exactly where it's at
I attached a picture of Carl going to town on his leaf that I recently used as bait for a "photo shoot", just in case I am completely off about what type of plant it is and you can tell just by looking at the leaf or something
After a bit of research into it, I've found out that Carl's "drug" as I call it, now, is sedum spectabile AKA Iceplant. I still rarely offer the leaf to him, just because I'm not sure if it's something he should be eating, but whenever we are outside, I think he remembers exactly where it's at
I attached a picture of Carl going to town on his leaf that I recently used as bait for a "photo shoot", just in case I am completely off about what type of plant it is and you can tell just by looking at the leaf or something