There is such a thing as feeding too much fruit but I don't think it has anthing to do with the sugar content although I would think that too much can't be good either.
Feeding a mojority of any one food item is most likely going to lead to an imbalance of other nutrients.
I don't think feeding some fruit is a bad thing. When I suggest fruit I mention barely ripened pome fruit (apples, pears, cherrys...) and berries. If they are not too ripe they are relatively low sugar and low moisture. These are pretty much the only fruit I suggest... occasional tomatos are acceptable also.
There is some speculation that too much of these items disturb the gut flora but, again, too much of anything is probably going to cause a physiological imbalance... although I've yet to read a report of an actual controlled study.
I would think that about 5% fruit of their regular feedings would not do any harm considering what I mentioned above.
Again... common sense should tell you that tortoises do eat fruit in the wild.
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Originally Posted by BirdieF18
Hi I heard somewhere that feeding tortoises too much fruit is bad for them as it has fructose in it (Natural Sugar). Is this true or is it just with some sweet fruits.
Thanks
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