Can Red-eared Sliders eat Bell Peppers?

Q: Can Red-eared Sliders eat Bell Peppers?

Bell Peppers is rated caution for Red-eared Sliders. Tortoise Table avoid list applies to tortoises, not aquatic turtles. Acceptable as occasional vegetable variety for sliders. Small amounts only.

Trachemys scripta elegans · Capsicum annuum

Caution

Weekly or less

The Tortoise Table

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

Feeding frequency

DailyWeeklyOccasionalNever

Caution

Weekly or less

OmnivoreVegetableNone oxalateNot toxic

The short answer

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

Feeding it safely

How much / how often

Weekly or less

What's inside

Per 100 g of raw bell peppers

7mg

Calcium

26mg

Phosphorus

0.3:1

Ca:P ratio

INVERTED

None

Oxalate

Protein

2.1g

Fiber

Backed by sources

The Tortoise TableThe Tortoise Table – Fruit & Vegetables

Reviewed by basking_research · June 2026

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