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Educational information on good pet ownership and how to feed a tortoise.  Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62v Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollective Twitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTV Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/ Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  Tortoises can make wonderful pets.  This episode is all about feeding your tortoise a healthy and enriching diet.  Special thanks to Susan Tellem and the American Tortoise Rescue.  Segment Producer: Dawn Poomee Associate Producer:  Brittni Brown Editor:  Jeremy Cohen

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00:00A tortoise can be a wonderful animal and people bond really strongly with their turtles and tortoises.

00:06They really love them.

00:08A well-balanced diet for a tortoise is dark leafy vegetables, turnip greens, dark romaine lettuce.

00:16They love dandelion greens. If you have a yard full of dandelions, it's perfect.

00:20You just pull them up and feed those to them.

00:22They can eat hay if they will like it. Some don't like it.

00:25The occasional pumpkin, the occasional strawberry.

00:29And the more natural the diet, the better.

00:32But stay away from fruit because it gives them diarrhea.

00:35If you want a healthy tortoise, don't feed them kibble, junk food, canned dog food or cat food.

00:41A lot of people will feed tortoises weird things like hot dogs or rice cakes.

00:47Well, yeah, they'll eat anything.

00:48Some tortoises, like a sulcata, when you put something in front of them, a lot of times they'll just open their mouth and eat it.

00:53Of course, they're vegetarians, but they're also opportunistic eaters.

00:57So they will sometimes eat things that they're not supposed to eat.

01:00So you really have to be a watchdog about that.

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My Pet Tortoise - Diet

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