The radiation tortoise is a herbivorous tortoise, and they mainly eat vegetables and fruits as their staple food. Under the condition of artificial feeding, fresh vegetables and fruits, such as tomatoes, lettuce, bananas and so on, can be fed, and the food needs to be soaked in water for half an hour before feeding, so as to prevent the residual pesticides from being eaten by them by mistake, thus affecting their health.
They also like to eat cactus and some grass, usually they can also feed some dandelion, sweet potato leaves and other plant food. In order to make nutrition more balanced, it is recommended to feed with some turtle food. Calcium powder should be added to the food once a week to supplement the calcium needed in the growth process.
The radiated tortoises eat a lot, but grow slowly. Under normal circumstances, the young turtles need to be fed once a day, and the amount of feeding each time should not be too much; Feeding the subadult tortoise once every two days; For adult turtles, 2-3 times a week is enough. In addition, the change of temperature will also affect its food intake, when the temperature is 22 ℃ -30 ℃, their activity is normal, can be fed normally; When the temperature is higher than 38 C, their activity will decrease, at this time, it is necessary to reduce the number and amount of feeding as appropriate.
