What Foods Does a Baby Desert Tortoise Eat?
Tortoise image by PinkSkyPhotos from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/af/id/foods-baby-desert-tortoise-eat_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Desert tortoises eat a variety of foods. Desert tortoises are a species of the gopher tortoise. Like the other gopher tortoises they are herbivores. They feed upon a variety of plants, fruits, and flowers. With the exception of fruits with a high acid content like tomatoes and citrus fruits, baby desert tortoises have the same diet as the adults, but in smaller pieces and proportions. In the Wild In the wild, tortoises feed mainly upon a mix of grasses, leaves and stems, live or dried. In the spring, when they come out of hibernation, they feast upon annual plants, flowers and the young growth of cacti. Later in the summer they will eat dry forage. When the plants are in season, desert tortoises will also eat berries, gopher apples and legumes. In Captivity
