Desert Tortoise Tortoise Food Vegetables. Fresh vegetables and fruits make 80 of a healthy diet of the tortoise. Most deficiencies are from diets low in vitamin a calcium protein and fiber.
A good basic salad can be prepared a week in advance and fed daily with selections from the following served in addition to it. A calcium to phosphorus ratio of 2. Most fresh vegetables contain only 1 to 10 milligrams of sodium per 100.
Most deficiencies are from diets low in vitamin a calcium protein and fiber.
Your tortoise can also enjoy dandelions grass and ornamentals so be sure to plant these. Your tortoise can also enjoy dandelions grass and ornamentals so be sure to plant these. Toadstool fungus mushroom fungi amanita phalloides amanita virosa cortinarius rubellus and c. Suitable vegetables include carrots green beans endive kale and turnip greens.
