It depends some on what tortoise you are feeding.Grazers, of course, eat grass,like Sulcuta.Browsers, such as Manouria,eat like a Deer or Goat.They eat leaves,twigs,shoots,trees.There are many opinions on nutrition.When discussing this with a Nutritionist DVM and Tortoise diet specialist,her answer to these questions were "We are still kind of foggy on this" Some things are well known,for example Kale and the broccolli family.Its the calcium brocking.I have fed my Mt.Torts.Collard greens for 20 years,and their doing fine.Do what your Granny said,"eat ALL your veggy's.Turnips are a very good source of calcium, more so than dusting,BUT,it dryes out fast and they hate it unless I mix it with cooked sweet potatoes.I hope some experts chime in,for over the last 20 yrs a bunch of people have been to Collage,what say you oh learned one.You will know if your doing it right when Nutrition enviroment = reproduction.Vic

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