Re. Not enough protein

Posted by Tim on February 28, 2001 at 06:46:56:

In Reply to: Re: Should I feed my tort cabbage? posted by Maja Kotarska on February 27, 2001 at 20:25:19:

: go to www.tortoise.com and under things you shold know there is a very helpful list of things you should feed your tortoise and things you should not feed it. Cabbage has little or no nutrition.

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: : Should I feed my tort cabbage?

The diet proposed by www.tortoise.com is fine for desert tortoises but it doesn't contain enough protein to keep a red-foot healthy. Red-foots are omnivors in the wild feeding on grasses and carrion (dead animals). Their diet would be fine if you added a source of protein.

Tim
Southampton Herps

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