Bell Peppers

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Small amounts as variety vegetable acceptable for omnivorous box turtles.

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Occasional vegetable variety. Small amounts only.

Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Tortoise Table avoid list applies to tortoises, not aquatic turtles. Acceptable as occasional vegetable variety for sliders. Small amounts only.

Red-footed Tortoise

Chelonoidis carbonarius

While Tortoise Table lists sweet pepper as avoid for tortoises, Red-footed tortoises can handle more dietary variety. Very small amounts as occasional variety only given poor Ca:P.

Yellow-bellied Slider

Trachemys scripta scripta

Same as Red-eared Slider. Occasional vegetable variety.

Hermann's Tortoise

Testudo hermanni

Tortoise Table RED. Poor Ca:P, mild goitrogenic risk for Mediterranean tortoises. Avoid entirely.

Greek Tortoise

Testudo graeca

Tortoise Table RED. Greek tortoises are vulnerable to goitrogens; avoid.

Leopard Tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis

Tortoise Table RED. Not appropriate for Leopard tortoise diet.

Russian Tortoise

Agrionemys horsfieldii

Tortoise Table RED (avoid). Sweet pepper has very poor Ca:P (7:26mg = 0.27:1) and potential goitrogenic compounds. Not suitable for tortoise diet.

Sulcata Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

Tortoise Table RED. Not appropriate for grass-eating Sulcata. Poor Ca:P.