Timothy Hay

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

[confidence: high] [source: Reptifiles box turtle care guide; VCA box turtle diet guide] Box turtles are not natural grazers; timothy hay has low digestibility for this species and provides minimal nutrition; suitable as substrate enrichment only.

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

[confidence: high] [source: VCA Animal Hospitals turtle diet guide; Reptifiles painted turtle care] Terrestrial grass hay not relevant to aquatic turtle diet; not appropriate as food.

Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

[confidence: high] [source: VCA Animal Hospitals red-eared slider diet guide; Reptifiles red-eared slider care] Terrestrial grass hay not relevant to aquatic turtle diet; not appropriate as food.

Yellow-bellied Slider

Trachemys scripta scripta

[confidence: high] [source: VCA Animal Hospitals turtle diet guide] Terrestrial grass hay not relevant to aquatic turtle diet; not appropriate as food.

Sulcata Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

Core dietary staple. Should comprise 60–80% of diet. Unrestricted access at all times.

Leopard Tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis

Core dietary staple. Should comprise 60–80% of diet. Unrestricted access at all times.