diet

[Checkers The Tort]

my tort has a healthy diet in my opinion but I want others. I feed him red tipped lettuce with shredded zucchini and shredded yellow squash with some small skinny carrots. I'm not sure if this is what he needs. I've been feeding him this for over 1 year and a half. he seems to like it but I'm not sure and I want other opinions. in the photo he doesn't have the zucchini or squash and that was the last bit of the lettuce but that's what his diet it. and I sometimes feed him fruit. not often though.

 

[Jodie]

The primary part of his diet should be weeds. Fruit should be very rare, if ever. Mazuri and grassland tortoise food are good supplements. As for as grocery greens go, endive, escarole, radichio, kale, mustard and collard greens are good choices. Variety is key. The more varied the diet the better the nutrition. This is a good link to find good weeds to feed.
http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp