The Grass Doctor

What specific kinds of grasses can a sulcata eat and not get sick?

I'm starting to incorporate more greens into his diet but we don't have much of a yard to get clippings from (and I don't know if it's been sprayed with anything) so I was thinking about growing grass indoors like people do for decoration or their cats, but obviously for my tortoise to treat himself too. I just need to know what kinds of grass seeds I can buy. Wheat grass? Winter Rye? "Cat" grass? Fescue? Bluestem? I just wanna make sure I don't get the wrong kind...Thanks for all your help!

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1. Barnyardgrass - Echinochloa crus-galli Bentgrasses Agrostis spp. Bermuda - Cynodon dactylon Bluegrass, annual - Poa annua Blue grama - Bouteloua gracilis Big Bluestem - Andropogon gerardi Bromegrass- Bromus inermis Buffalo grass- Stenotaphrum Chufa, or Yellow Nut Grass Cyperus esculentus Couchgrass - Agropyron repens Crabgrass- Digitaria Fescue, Tall - Festuca arundinacea Fescue, Blue - Festuca glauca Goosegrass- Eleusine indica Indian Ricegrass - Oryzopsis hymenoides Johnson grass, Sorghum halepense Kikuyugrass - Pennisetum clandestinum Kleingrass, Panicum coloratum L. Oatgrasses Orchard- Dactylis glomerata Pearl Millet - Pennisetum glaucum Pangolagrass, Digitaria decumbens Peppergrass - Lepidium spp. Quackgrass- Agropyron repens Rye - Eastern Gamagrass - Tripsacum dactyloides Sweet vernal grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum Timothy- Phleum pratense Wild oats - Avena fatua Weeping lovegrass-Eragrostis curvula I got that from http://turtlecafe.com/ediblelandscaping.htm Scroll all the way down to the bottom to get the list of grasses....
2. Plants as food for tortoises Latin name Common name/s edible parts Links for further information Abutilon hybridum Flowering Maple all Edible Plants Achillea millefolium Yarrow all Achillea millifolium Aegopodium podagraria bishop's goutweed; ground elder all Aegopodium podagaria page Agave sp. Agave leaves Edible Plants Alcea Rosea Hollychock all Desert_tropicals.com Alchemilla vulgaris Lady's Mantle all Lary's Mantle Aloe Vera Aloe all http://www.aloe-vera.org/ Amoracia rusticana Horseraddish leaves http://davesgarden.com/ Anthriscus sylvestris Cow parsley all http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/ Apium graveolens Celeriac all University of Florida Arrhenatherum elatius Tall oat grass all http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/ Bellis perennis English Daisy all http://www.desert-tropicals.com/ Calendula officinalis Pot Marigold all Calendula officinalis Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepard's purse all http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/ http://foragingpictures.com/ Capsicum Annuum Bell Pepper fruits biodiversity explorer Cichorium intybus Chicory all http://plants.usda.gov/ Cirsium arvense Canadian Thistle; Californian Thistle; Creeping Thistle all The Nature Conservancy Comfrey.. Symphtum officinale Comfrey all Cedar Creek Nature Studies Crepis biennis Rough hawksbeard all Asteraceae Cucumis sativus Cucumber all FloriData Cucurbita Cucumber all Cynara scolymus Artichoke all Botanical.com Cynodon dactylon Bermuda Grass all http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LH007 Edible Plants Cynosurus cristatus Crested dogtail all Bioimages Dactylis glomerata Orchard grass all http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ Dahlia spec Dahlia all Daucus carota Wild carrot all Echinacea purpurea / pallida / angustifolia Echinacea/purple cone flower all Edible Plants Eriocephalus africanus all Festuca arundinacea Reed fescue all Festuca pratensis Meadow fescue all Festuca rubra commutata Chewings fescue all Foeniclum vulgare all Fragaria veseca European wood strawberry all Galium verum Yellow bedstraw all Hemerocallis sp. all Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus all Edible Plants Holcus lanatus Velvet grass all Ipomoea batatas Sweet Potato Leaves http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu/ Edible Plants Lamium Album all Leontodon hispidus Rough hawkbit all Lolium multiflorum Italian ryegrass all Lolium perenne Perennial ryegrass all Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot trefoil all Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife all http://dnr.metrokc.gov/ Malva sylvestris Hollyhock or mallow all Edible Plants Medicago Lupulina Black medick all Morus spec. all Nasturtium officinale Watercress all Opuntia spec Prickly Pear all Edible Plants Papaver rhoeas Red Poppy all Petunia hybrida Petunia all Phleum pratense Timothy all Plantago lanceolota English plantain all Edible Plants Plantago major Common plantain all Plantago media Hoary plantain all Poa pratensis Kentucky bluegrass all Portulaca Oleracea Purslane leaves and stems http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H186.htm Edible Plants Raphanus stivus Daikon leaves Ribes nigrum Black Currant all http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/ Rosa canina Wild Rose all http://www.invasive.org/ Rubus fruticosus Blackberry / Raspberry all http://www.botanical.com/ Salvia offinicialis Garden sage all Edible Plants Salvia pratensis Meadow sage all Schlumbergera bridgesii Xmas Cactus all http://www.plantoftheweek.org/ Stellaria Media Chickweed all http://www.invasive.org/ Taraxacum offinicialis dandelion all Edible Plants Tragopogon pratensis Goat's beard all Trifolium hybridum Alsike clover all http://www.missouriplants.com/ Trifolium incarnatum Crimson clover all http://plantsdatabase.com/go/2230.html Trifolium repens White clover all http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/ Tropaeolum majus Nasturtium all http://www.floridata.com Edible Plants Urticaceae Nettle all http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/ Viola arvensis Field pansy all http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/ Viola tricolor Johnny jump-up all http://www.missouriplants.com/ Vitis vinifera ... Vitis labrusca Grapes all http://www.pfaf.org/ Edible Plants althea officinialis Marsh Mallow all http://www.ibiblio.org/ ficus carica all origanum vulgare Oregano all http://plantsdatabase.com/go/307.html rubusideus Raspberry all verbascum densiflorum Mullien all http://www.botany.wisc.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/ http://africantortoise.com/sulcata.htm