Diet -- General

The Tlady's Guide
TLady advice on diet and healthy growth.

Feeding Tortoises
Tortoise Trust guide to avoiding dietary disasters, which includes an explanation of why some species of tortoise can have fruit and animal protein as part of their diet and why others species cannot.

Notes on Dietary Constituents
Tortoise Trust article on dietary constituents for herbivorous terrestrial Chelonians and their effect on growth and development.

Safety of Some Common Houseplants
Tortoise Trust list of common house plants, along with recommendations as to whether they can safely be fed.

Recommended Foods for Herbivorous Tortoises
Tortoise Trust list of recommended foods, based on observations of tortoises foraging in the wild.

Tortoise Trust Winter Diets
Advice on what to feed your mediterranean, tropical or grassland tortoise over the winter, especially in areas where the natural vegetation is less plentiful.

Feeding Aquatic Species
Tortoise Trust article on Red-eared Sliders, Painted Turtles, and Similar Aquatic Species.

Nutrient Analysis
World Chelonia Trust article and table on the analysis of nutrients in some plants fed to tortoises and turtles.

Nutritional Problems in Reptiles
Bairbre O'Malley's article on common nutritional problems caused mainly by poor feeding habits, poor quality foods and general ignorance.

Nutritional Analysis of Kale, Cress and Dandelions
This nutritional comparison of Kale, Watercress, Dandelions and Turnip Greens from Russian Tortoise, contains some facts and conclusions that might surprise some people.

Lettuce
Nutrient analysis of two types of lettuce from Russian Tortoise.org.

Feeding Red-foot and Yellow-foot Tortoises
The Tortoise Trust's guide to feeding these large, South American tropical omnivorous species.

Dietary Fibre in the diet of the Herbivorous Tortoise Testudo graeca graeca in Spain: Some implications for captive husbandry
An excellent study which examines the seasonal variations in the diet of free-ranging Testudo graeca graeca in the Almeria and Murcia regions of Southern Spain, and which attempts to further understand the critical role 'long fibre' plays in maintaining a healthy digestion in tortoises, and specifically in controlling growth rates and how we might achieve this in captivity. A. C. Highfield, Tortoise Trust, Almeria, Spain