Med Tortoise Diet

[Drummerkid]

Diet Of Medditerean Tortoise

The Diet should consist of wild flowers and weeds only

Nipplewort
Smooth Sow thistle
Prickly sow thistle
Wild Cabbage
Ribwort Plantain
Tree Mallow
Common Mallow
Atlas Poppy
Plantain
Tufted Vetch
Musk Mallow
Lady's Bedstraw
Clover
Welsh Poppy
Hedge Bedstraw
Sainfoin
Evening Primrose
Dandelion
Chicory
Hawkbit
Yarrow
Vetch
White clover
Crimson Clover
Trefoil
Milk thistle
Sainfoin
Bindweed
Yarrow
Mallows
Shepherd's Purse
Bittercress
Red Clover
Stonecrops
Honeysuckle (flowers)
Hedge mustard

ANY WEEDS PICKED MUST BE THOROUGHLY WASHED TO REMOVE ANY CHEMICALS THEY MIGHT CONTAIN.

For Hactlings, Babies and Jueviniles
Weeds should be dusted with limestone flour and nutrobal daily.

For Adults
Weeds should be dusted with limestone flour daily and nutrobal 3-4 times a week.

Amount of Food
Your Tort should be given enough food to cover its shell in a 'leafy jacket'

Some of these weeds can be bought as seeds from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Shelled-Warriors

The occasional bit of lettuce or cucumber is OK but fruits and vegtables should not be a major part of the diet.

What to avoid:

Avoid Toxic Plants:
Avoid daffodil, ragwort, spurge, columbine, hellebore, etc.
IF IN DOUBT LEAVE IT OUT

Avoid High Protein Plants

Avoid Plants with high oxalic Levels

Avoid high sugar foods

Avoid high phosphorus foods

Before Feeding your tortoise think to yourself "would this be found in the wild" if the answer is NO then avoid it.

By Jason Rodgers

Referances: Linda E King and Andy C Highfield
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So that was my diet care sheet. Hope it helps.

[Drummerkid]

is this ok? i wouldn't want to give false info

[Drummerkid]

i wonder if anyones ever read this, LOL. well you obvisously have or else you wouldnt be able to see this

[FelixMarmite]

Originally Posted by drummerkid1993

i wonder if anyones ever read this, LOL. well you obvisously have or else you wouldnt be able to see this

Yeah I've read it. Thanks for the info, v. helpful

[Drummerkid]

Originally Posted by FelixMarmite

Yeah I've read it. Thanks for the info, v. helpful

O Kool, Thanks

[FelixMarmite]

I went to Ensleigh the other day (anyone been there? ) in Ivybridge, and I went into the reptile stuff, and they had this box of flowers. I looked at the ingredients and it was just plain flowers.. no added stuff. Does anyone use it too? They recommend it for tortoises too so I might buy it.

[Drummerkid]

Originally Posted by FelixMarmite

I went to Ensleigh the other day (anyone been there? ) in Ivybridge, and I went into the reptile stuff, and they had this box of flowers. I looked at the ingredients and it was just plain flowers.. no added stuff. Does anyone use it too? They recommend it for tortoises too so I might buy it.

were they dried? or fresh and still in soil?

[FelixMarmite]

They were dried, all mixed together. Is it okay to feed that them or no?

[FelixMarmite]

Oh.. I just read that they only eat dry vegetation when the spring flowers and grasses are gone. I guess that's a no then? :P

[Drummerkid]

Originally Posted by FelixMarmite

Oh.. I just read that they only eat dry vegetation when the spring flowers and grasses are gone. I guess that's a no then? :P

Feed fresh weeds only

dried = no