Wild sulcata tortoises therefore get sufficient calcium by eating the grasses that grow in these calcium laden soils.
Baby sulcata tortoise diet sheet.
A healthy diet should include about 80 grass weeds and hay.
At least 75 of their diet should be given as grasses and hays along with some edible weeds and flowers.
Sulcata tortoises reach sexual maturity at about 6 years old and stop growing at around age 15.
They can get to be well over a hundred pounds although it will take many years for them to grow that large.
Sulcata tortoises are primarily grass eaters.
Sulcatas are a grazing species.
Baby tortoise care baby sulcata tortoise diet.
Sulcata tortoises require a great deal of calcium in their diet to help them grow healthy bones and shells.
It is vital that grass play a large part in the diet.
Growing rapidly a 2 inch baby sulcata tortoise hatchling can reach sizes of over 10 in a 18 months and 18 in 24 months.
African spurred tortoises are herbivorous grazing tortoises and need a high fiber low protein diet.
They are found in the wild in equatorial africa.
Caring for a baby sulcata tortoise.
Small amounts of other leafy green vegetables are okay but avoid foods high in oxalates.