Different species of
chelonia have different requirements.
As this page grows,
you'll see just how varied a wild tortoise or turtle's diet can be.
We're placing these
lists and photos here as guidelines to assist you in
helping your animal(s)
maintain peak health.
Please scroll down
the page, you will see many different types of plants
utilized by different
species. Some of these plants can also be used for landscaping
for species not interested
in eating them.
NATURAL
FEEDING FOR MEDITERRANEAN TORTOISES
Linda
King, May 2000
KEY
L
= leaves F = flowers S = stems
B = berries
Dandelion (LFS)
Taraxacum
officinale
White/Dutch
clover (LF)
Trifolium repens
Common/Smooth
sow thistle (LFS)
Sonchus
oleraceus
Plantains (L)
Plantago major,
media & lanceolata
Mallows (LF)
Malva sylvestris,
neglecta & moschata
Tree mallow
(F)
Lavatera spp
(garden plant)
Chicory (LF)
Cichorium intybus
Nipplewort (LF)
Lapsana communis
Hawkbits (LF)
Leontodon spp
Cat’s-ears (LF)
Hypochoeris spp
Hawk’s-beards
(LF)
Crepis spp
Hairy bittercress
(LF)
Cardamine hirsuta & flexuosa
Shepherd’s purse
(L)
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Bindweeds (LF)
Convolvulus
& calystegia spp
Bush vetch (LF)
Vicia
sepium
Common vetch
(LF)
Vicia sativa
Rocket (LF)
Eruca
sativa
Stonecrops (L)
Sedum
(avoid yellow-flowered spp)
Ice plant (L)
Sedum
spectabilis (garden plant)
Honeysuckle
(FB)
Lonicera spp (not leaves)
Gorgeous T. horsfieldii
enclusure builtby Jane Nicoll,
UK
