Sulcata tortoises are grass eaters. The main diet should be about 80% grass and hay, 10% greens and 10% treats (flowers, cactus, etc). Vegetables fall in the treat category. Sulcata tortoises eat vegetables, but vegetables should not be a main part of a sulcata tortoise diet.
If you’re going to give a sulcata tortoise veggies, keep it minimal. For baby sulcata tortoises, you want to avoid vegetables as much as possible. For adult sulcata tortoises, a veggie once in a while will not hurt the tortoise.
Vegetables digest to sugar, which is why you want to keep veggies to a minimum.
Safe Vegetables for Sulcata Tortoises
Sulcata tortoises can eat vegetables. Make sure that if you give your tortoise a vegetable for a treat, stick with safe vegetables.
- Carrots
- Mushrooms
- Peppers – Green, Red and Yellow
- Pumpkin (technically a fruit)
- Squash
- Sweet Potato
- Zucchini
Vegetables that are NOT Safe for Tortoises
Your sulcata won’t die with one bite of the following vegetables. BUT in order to keep you sulcata healthy, you want to avoid these vegetables as best as possible.
- Beans
- Bean Sprouts
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chili Pepper
- Chives
- Corn on the Cob
- Eggplant
- Onion
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Potato
- Rhubarb
- Tomato (technically a fruit)
