will i harm my tortoise by feeding it watery fruit and veg?

Question

when i bought my horsefield tortoise i was told not to give it lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and other kinds of watery fruit and veg because it's bad for it... is this true?? because i thought tortoises love stuff like that!

Answer 1

There are two main kinds of tortoise diet- forest and grasslands. Forest tortoises like fruits, etc., but grassland tortoises (like yours) prefer grass and hay based diets with little fruit.

Here is a good link to try: http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/basicmedfood.htm

The problem is that the grassland tortoise intestines are designed to handled dry, fiberous foods and it will get diarrhea if fed soft, watery foods.

A good website for Russians is http://www.russiantortoise.org

Answer 2

Apple (seedless) Asparagus Basil Beet vegetables Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage Cantaloup Melon Carrots, toddler Carrots Carrot Tops Cauliflower leaves and stalks Celery Chicory vegetables chinese language Parsley Cilantro Corriander vegetables Cucumber Dill Endive backyard Cress Grapefruit Gooseberries Guava Honeydew Melon Kale Kiwi Fruit Mango Mustard vegetables Orange Parsley Parsnip Peas pink Cabbage pink Chard Romaine Lettuce Savoy Cabbage Spinach Strawberries Swiss Chard Tangerine Tomatoes Turnip vegetables Tuscan Cabbage Water Cress some vegetables and herbs that should no longer be fed are: Potato and Potato Tops Rhubarb and Rhubarb Leaves Tomato leaves Tamarillo leaves

Answer 3

As much as I know, the only reason that you would NOT feed your tortoise those vegetables is not that it's bad for it, but rather that those things should be just snacks or treats. As it is heavy in liquid and not much nutrition, (lettuce, especially), those could just spoil its appetite for healthier vegetables such as spinach, kale, carrots, etc. A horsfield's tortoise also doesn't deal well with too much sugar (like in the mentioned vegetables), so you shouldn't give it too much of it. =]

Answer 4

Different tortoises eat different foods.

Answer 5

no they do love stuff like .taht i think people think wild animals in the wild eat special foods. if we domesicated a tiger we would make tiger food. animals in the wild eat different things than theydo when domesicated

Answer 6

i have a tortoise that i give veggies to all the time and she loves them! i don't know what the person who told you that was thinking. my tortoises fav. is peppers & scallions...

Answer 7

no as long as the fruits and veg are fresh