Dandelion flowers for Sulcata?

Rex1718

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Can you overfeed a sulcata on dandelion flowers? My tortoise is really attracted to the yellow. I have been letting my girls feed my sulcata dandelion flowers. They have been picking a lot lol. She is still eating her grasses and weeds, just making sure she isn’t eating to many flowers
 

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I suppose at some point it would be too much.

What size is the tortoise? I'd keep the flowers to less than 10% of the day's food intake.
 

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Can you overfeed a sulcata on dandelion flowers? My tortoise is really attracted to the yellow. I have been letting my girls feed my sulcata dandelion flowers. They have been picking a lot lol. She is still eating her grasses and weeds, just making sure she isn’t eating to many flowers
Dandelion flowers and the entire plant is a great food source...super full of nutrition...I would let the tort eat away.
 

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I suppose at some point it would be too much.

What size is the tortoise? I'd keep the flowers to less than 10% of the day's food intake.
She is about 8 inches and 3.5 lbs, The bulk of her diet is grasses, thanks for the advice.
 
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