Blueberries
Vaccinium corymbosum
Also known as: blueberry
Safety by species
Sulcata Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
[confidence: high] [source: Reptifiles sulcata tortoise care] High sugar fruit not appropriate for grass-grazing Sulcata tortoise.
Greek Tortoise
Testudo graeca
[confidence: high] [source: The Tortoise Table; Tortoise Trust Mediterranean tortoise diet] High sugar fruit; not appropriate for strict Mediterranean herbivore; feed very rarely if at all.
Leopard Tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis
[confidence: high] [source: Reptifiles leopard tortoise care] High sugar fruit; not native to leopard tortoise range; avoid.
Hermann's Tortoise
Testudo hermanni
[confidence: high] [source: The Tortoise Table; Tortoise Trust Mediterranean tortoise diet] High sugar; not appropriate for strict Mediterranean herbivore; very rarely if at all.
Russian Tortoise
Agrionemys horsfieldii
[confidence: high] [source: The Tortoise Table; Tortoise Trust Russian tortoise diet] High sugar; not appropriate for arid-adapted strict herbivore; avoid or extremely rare treat.
Red-footed Tortoise
Chelonoidis carbonarius
Fruit appropriate for this species; good antioxidant variety.
Red-eared Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans
Occasional fruit treat. Safe in small amounts for aquatic turtles.
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
Safe occasional fruit treat.
Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
Good fruit option — antioxidants, lower sugar than many fruits.