Food that is dangerous to tortoises. However, to keep it one hundred percent edible for shield pets, you do not apply any chemical such as insecticides, fertilizers, and herbicides. Russian Tortoises (Horsfields tortoise) North American Desert Tortoise. A desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) diet is comprised mainly of safe grasses and weeds, leafy greens, with small amounts of hard vegetables and moist fruits. A good basic salad can be prepared a week in advance and fed daily with selections from the following served in addition to it. So, what succulents can tortoises eat? This is a list of a variety of different plants, both cultivated and wild, that tortoises and land turtles can eat. Edible Plants and Weeds for Tortoises & Land Turtles. Star Tortoise. Leopard Tortoise. Sulcata Tortoise. Red Foot and Yellow Foot Tortoises. Burmese Mountain Tortoise. Spider Tortoise. Mediterranean Spur Thigh Tortoises (Greek Tortoises) Hermann’s Tortoise. Desert Tortoise Diet Sheet ©1995 Melissa Kaplan . Marginated Tortoise. Subtropical and Mediterranean Tortoise Diet. African Spurred Tortoise. Spur-Thighed Tortoise. To do this we look at the nutritional needs of these turtles and how you can best provide a balanced diet for them. Hingeback Tortoise. Below is the list of succulents safe for tortoises. Elongated Tortoise. In this AnimalWised video, we provide information on a complete tortoise food list - what they can and can't eat.