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How to feed a turtle ?
What does an herbivor reptil eat ? what does they need ? How many a day and which quantity ? This is a list of plant's seeds with a correct calcium quantity and a few advice on the way to care of your pets.

In the life of a tortoise there are three essential things:

  1. The Food
  2. The sun
  3. the way you take care
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1 - The tortoises's food

Calcium/phosphore - Ca/P

Reproducing the natural diet as much as is possible will make your turtle happier and healthier. In the wild, turtles choose from among a variety of foods that are in season and available. Variety is one key to a good diet for your turtle. Calcium is the other important key. Supplementation isn't necessary if enough variety is used in the diet. (After all, no one provides vitamins for the wild turtles, and they tend to be healthier than captives.)

Liste non exhaustive des aliments préconisés

 Plant

  Indice Ca/P

 Plant

 Indice Ca/P

dandelion 2,9

wild chicory

  2,7
 Alfafa   6,1   cresson  3,5
 sainfoin   3  endive  1,8
 Plantain Lancéolé  3.54  persil  3,3
 Picris Hieracioides   6  spinach  2
 Amarante Livide 8  chou (feuille blanche) 1,6
  Plantain majeur  3,54 chou (feuille verte) * 5,9
 Redroot Pigweed 7 

fresh fig

  2,1
White clover entre 4 et 8  Common Purslane  2,50
 Sysimbre   4   Orange 2,4
 Capsella Bursa PAstoris  2,33  Céleri en Branche   1,5
 Pensée sauvage  

 Theses informations come from a book of François Couplan : "guide Nutritionnel des plantes Sauvages et cultivées" - Aux Editions Delachaux et Niestlé. N° isbn : 2-603-01101-4

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