what is desert tortoise diet
Desert Tortoise Diet Sheet. Â©1995 Melissa Kaplan. 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.ll tortoises need pesticide-and herbicide-free forage (grasses and weeds) for grazing. You can grow your own in your backyard and let your tortoises graze on it, after first making sure your yard is escape-proof. Another way is to build a safe pen or corral for the tortoises, and seed it with the forage.