Ivory Sulcata Tortoise For Sale

ivory Sulcata tortoise for sale are strictly herbivores — they eat only vegetation. You’ll want to feed your sulcata approximately 95% grass and weeds. This may sound dull to us, but it’s perfect for them because they require a high-fiber, low-nutrient diet for slow and steady growth. Provide as much variation within these guidelines as possible to ensure that your tortoise is getting all of the required nutrition. Know that a sulcata will not overeat. Provide him with hay at all times to be sure he doesn’t remain hungry after feeding fresh grasses and other foods.

• Untreated lawn grass

• Clover

• Timothy hay

• Bermuda grass

• Wheat grass

• Mazuri pellets

Treats

You will find yourself learning how to garden while feeding your Ivory sulcata tortoise for sale! Aside from plain ol’ grass and weeds, you can liven up the diet in a healthy way by giving them treats. Be sure that none of these plants have been sprayed with pesticides or were bought within 2 months.

• Geranium
• Coneflower
• Violets
• Mint
• Rose
• Clarkia
• Grape leaves
• Marigold
• Pumpkin (just wash before feeding)
• Dandelion
• Aloe
• Coleus
• Hollyhock
• Oregano
• Spider Plant
• Hibiscus
• Prickly pear cactus

Taxonomy and etymology

The African spurred tortoise is apart of the:

• Animalia kingdom
• Bilateral Subkingdom
• Deuterostomia Infrakingdom
• Chordata Phylum
• Vertebrata Subphylum
• Gnathostomata Infraphylum
• Tetrapoda superclass
• Reptilia class
• Testudines order
• Crytodira suborder
• Testudinoidea superfamily
• Testudinidae family
• Centrochelys genus