What to feed to a African Spurred Tortoise?
If he will eat grasses, thats great. The bulk of the diet should be grasses. Timothy hay or grass hay is a good staple food. The formulated stuff from the pet store is not a good thing to give your tortoise as more than an occasional treat. If your turtle is still small, wheatgrass from the grocery store is pretty good. Some places sell seeds of a grass mix and you can try growing your own grass for him to eat. Its best if they can graze as they choose. I give my sulcata a rotation of just about every veggie at the store-squashes, bell peppers cactus pads (LOVES cactus pads) collard greens, chard, cale, different dark lettuces, etc. The most important thing is variety. A lot of information is showing that pyramiding is more likely related to an abscence of humidity rather that just incorrect diet. A lot of people keep them super hot and dry-but in the wild, they spend most of their time in burrows with higher humidity. If its warm enough, build him an outdoor pen so he can graze as he
