What Can You Not Feed a Box Turtle

So milk, cheese, yogurt and other dairy products are not good food choices for box turtles. Processed foods: This includes things like lunch meat, sausage and canned foods. Basically anything high in salt or other preservatives. These things are not good for humans either, but we can make the choice to eat them or not.

What foods are toxic to turtles?

• Amaryllis (Amaryllis belladonna)
• Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)
• Asparagus Fern (Asparagus sprengerii)
• Avocado (leaves, seeds) (Persea americana)
• Azalea, Rhododendron species.
• Bird of Paradise shrub (Poinciana gilliesii/Caesalpinia gilliesii)

What can box turtles eat from human food?

• Kale.
• Romaine lettuce (not iceberg)
• Collard greens.
• Dandelions (stems, leaves, and flowers)
• Mustard greens.
• Spinach (only occasionally)
• Broccoli stems and leaves (only occasionally)
• Pea pods.