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I will soon be designing a 5000 sq foot enclosure for my 5 sulcatas and wanted to check if the following plants would be ok or considered toxic for them. I will also take percautions to make sure that the tortoises cant eat them to oblivion in addition to providing them a large grassy area. Please give me your input.

Rasperries
Blackberries
Blueberries
Aronia
White Mulberry
Grapes
White/Red/Black Currant
Elderberries
Sea Berry
Fig Trees
Roses (whole plants)
Apricot Tree
Pear Tree
Day Lilly
Ferns
Walnut Trees
Oak Trees
Maple Trees
Geraniums Perrenial
Hibiscus Perrenial
Birch Trees
Willows
Locust
Periwinkle
Cranberries
Rose of Sharron Trees

I know theres a lot of berries in there, but I want to be able to harvest them for myself too, lol. Let me know what you think.
Also, if anyone can instruct me how to post photos, I would like to share some past enclosure pics.

Thanks A Lot!

-Grape

try this link!
http://africantortoise.com/edible_landscaping.htm

We have several links on our website about feeding protocal for Sulcattas and other tortoises.

Go to http://www.TexasReptiles and click on Herp Related Links. Look under Nutrition and Feeder Information.
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I am fairly new to sulcatas too, but from all I have read, you may be too heavy on berries. I know you want to harvest them too, but you want to do what is right for the torts in your enclosure. They live in Africa in desert areas. These types of foods are not part of their diet. You might want to stick with weeds and grasses for a healthier diet and.

I find that the tortoises will feed on what they need and will not overindulge in any one variety (berry or otherwise). Further, they will not eat plants that are bad for them. I have seen them "taste" with a partial bite, on a plant they had not seen before, then decide not to eat it ever again.

I have customers with morning glory and/or oleander in their yards and no dead tortoises. The torts simply know not to eat it.
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