Persimmon

Red-footed Tortoise

Chelonoidis carbonarius

Red-footed Tortoises are omnivores with fruit comprising approximately 30% of their diet, and occasional high-sugar fruits are tolerated as rare treats. However, persimmon's very high sugar content warrants strict limitation to prevent obesity and gut flora disruption.

Yellow-bellied Slider

Trachemys scripta scripta

Yellow-bellied Sliders share a dietary pattern with Red-eared Sliders per keeper consensus, and fruit is not a recognized appropriate dietary component for slider turtles. The high sugar content of persimmon provides no meaningful nutritional benefit and is best excluded.

Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

ReptiFiles and Tortoise Trust do not include fruit in recommended dietary components for Red-eared Sliders, whose plant portion should consist of leafy greens and vegetables. Persimmon's high sugar content offers poor nutritional value relative to the recommended plant foods for this species.

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Painted Turtles are primarily carnivorous as juveniles shifting to omnivory as adults, with plant matter typically consisting of aquatic vegetation rather than high-sugar fruits. Tortoise Trust guidelines for aquatic turtles do not include fruit, and persimmon's high sugar content makes it a poor dietary choice.

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Eastern Box Turtles are omnivores with a 50% plant component that can include fruit, and wild box turtles are known to consume persimmon in their native range. However, the very high sugar content warrants strict limitation to rare treat status only.

Russian Tortoise

Agrionemys horsfieldii

ReptiFiles specifies Russian Tortoise diet must be low-sugar; persimmon is very high in sugar and fruit is not a suitable dietary component for this strict herbivore. High sugar fruits disrupt gut flora and promote inappropriate fermentation in herbivore tortoises.

Leopard Tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis

Leopard Tortoises are grass-heavy herbivores for whom fruit is not appropriate; persimmon's very high sugar content is particularly unsuitable. Tortoise Trust identifies Leopard Tortoises as especially vulnerable to dietary imbalances, reinforcing strict avoidance of high-sugar fruits.

Hermann's Tortoise

Testudo hermanni

Persimmon is not listed under any acceptable category for Mediterranean herbivore tortoises by The Tortoise Table, and its very high sugar content makes it inappropriate for strict herbivores. Fruit feeding in Mediterranean tortoises promotes dysbiosis and is generally contraindicated.

Greek Tortoise

Testudo graeca

As a strict Mediterranean herbivore, the Greek Tortoise should not receive high-sugar fruits; persimmon does not appear on any recommended list for this species. Tortoise Trust notes goitrogenic and dietary concerns that reinforce avoidance of nutritionally inappropriate foods for T. graeca.

Sulcata Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

ReptiFiles explicitly states NO FRUIT EVER for Sulcata Tortoises with no exceptions. Persimmon, being a high-sugar fruit, is categorically forbidden for this species.