Lettuce for a Leopard?

[TheWarTortoise]

Hi my name is Mitchell and I have recently acquired a leopard tortoise! I have been feeding him lettuce and he seems to be doing fine but is this ok for him? Please help! Thanks!

 

[ascott]

Lettuce can be a part of a varied diet....also, if you are going to offer lettuce you can offer romaine, red leaf, green leaf and rotate them out ---also make sure that the lettuce is not the only item they get....

http://www.ugacfs.org/producesafety/Pages/Steps/LeafyGreenTypes.html

This link gives you a little variety of lettuce(s).....kales, cabbages and spinach should be given sparingly...they can have an adverse long term health prob for a tort...

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Mitchell:

We have a thread on feeding grazing tortoises:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-5823.html

And besides this one, there are other "important threads" at the top of the Food and Diet section.

 

[TheWarTortoise]

Shopping for Scutes

We are pig out today to get more supplies for my baby tortoise! I have come to the conclusion that I need to take better care of him. He has a bit of pyramiding and I need to get more supplies. I'm getting some thermometers and a humidifier spray bottle. I'm trying to take Toms tips and actually do them! Thanks for all your help!

 

[Greg T]

Good job following Tom's tips. You do that and he will be one happy tortoise.