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What do Russian tortoises eat?

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βˆ™ 12y ago

Here is a list of some foods your russian tortoise can eat :

Greens/Veggies

· Apples (the only fruit you should give your tortoise because of the high pectin content, but ONLY feed on occasion)

· Cabbage (ONLY on occasion)

· Chicory

· Endive

· Escarole

· Kale

· Mustard greens

· Radicchio

· Red and green leaf lettuce

· Romaine lettuce

· Turnip greens

Plants and Flowers

· Californian Poppy escholzia

· Chia

· Chrysanthemum flowers

· Cornflowers Plagiobothrys ssp

· Dandelion

· Dayflower Commelina diffusa (flowers and leaves)

· Forsythia (flowers and leaves)

· Hen and Chicks

· Henbit

· Hibiscus (flowers and leaves)

· Hosta

· Ice Plants

· Mallow (flowers and leaves)

· Mulberry leaves

· Plantain (not the banana fruit but the weed plantago major)

· Prickly pear flowers (fruit and pads) (burn the spines off)

· Rose (flowers and leaves)

· Sedum

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Here is a list of some of the things you can feed your russian tortoise :

Greens/Veggies

· Apples (the only fruit you should give your tortoise because of the high pectin content, but ONLY feed on occasion)

· Cabbage (ONLY on occasion)

· Chicory

· Endive

· Escarole

· Kale

· Mustard greens

· Radicchio

· Red and green leaf lettuce

· Romaine lettuce

· Turnip greens

Plants and Flowers

· Californian Poppy escholzia

· Chia

· Chrysanthemum flowers

· Cornflowers Plagiobothrys ssp

· Dandelion

· Dayflower Commelina diffusa (flowers and leaves)

· Forsythia (flowers and leaves)

· Hen and Chicks

· Henbit

· Hibiscus (flowers and leaves)

· Hosta

· Ice Plants

· Mallow (flowers and leaves)

· Mulberry leaves

· Plantain (not the banana fruit but the weed plantago major)

· Prickly pear flowers (fruit and pads) (burn the spines off)

· Rose (flowers and leaves)

· Sedum

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βˆ™ 12y ago

Here's a list of things your russian tortoise can eat :

Greens/Veggies

· Apples (the only fruit you should give your tortoise because of the high pectin content, but ONLY feed on occasion)

· Cabbage (ONLY on occasion)

· Chicory

· Endive

· Escarole

· Kale

· Mustard greens

· Radicchio

· Red and green leaf lettuce

· Romaine lettuce

· Turnip greens

Plants and Flowers

· Californian Poppy escholzia

· Chia

· Chrysanthemum flowers

· Cornflowers Plagiobothrys ssp

· Dandelion

· Dayflower Commelina diffusa (flowers and leaves)

· Forsythia (flowers and leaves)

· Hen and Chicks

· Henbit

· Hibiscus (flowers and leaves)

· Hosta

· Ice Plants

· Mallow (flowers and leaves)

· Mulberry leaves

· Plantain (not the banana fruit but the weed plantago major)

· Prickly pear flowers (fruit and pads) (burn the spines off)

· Rose (flowers and leaves)

· Sedum

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βˆ™ 13y ago

Russian Tortoises eat often at noon and morning. Don't FORGET that Russian tortoises eat fresh food and pelleted.

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βˆ™ 12y ago

i have one they eat Romain lettuce and in the summer dandelions

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