Pear
Pyrus sp.
Also known as: common pear
Safety by species
Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
[confidence: high] [source: Reptifiles box turtle care; VCA animal diet guides] High sugar content; acceptable occasional treat fruit for box turtles.
Greek Tortoise
Testudo graeca
[confidence: high] [source: The Tortoise Table; Tortoise Trust Mediterranean tortoise diet] High sugar; Mediterranean tortoises should receive very limited fruit; pear is a rare treat at best.
Hermann's Tortoise
Testudo hermanni
[confidence: high] [source: The Tortoise Table; Tortoise Trust Mediterranean tortoise diet] High sugar; Mediterranean tortoises should receive very limited fruit.
Leopard Tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis
[confidence: high] [source: Reptifiles leopard tortoise care] High sugar fruit; not appropriate for African grazing tortoise.
Red-footed Tortoise
Chelonoidis carbonarius
[confidence: high] [source: Reptifiles red-footed tortoise care guide] High sugar fruit acceptable as part of the fruit portion of red-footed tortoise diet; feed in rotation with other fruits.
Russian Tortoise
Agrionemys horsfieldii
[confidence: high] [source: The Tortoise Table; Tortoise Trust Russian tortoise diet] High sugar fruit; Russian tortoises should receive minimal fruit.
Sulcata Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
[confidence: high] [source: Reptifiles sulcata tortoise care] High sugar fruit; not appropriate for grass-grazing African herbivore.