what colours do tortoises see?

[schildkroetenfan]

Hia,
I am wondering why my tortoise does not eat the red Hibiscus flowers and only eats the orange ones. Do they have anything against red in general? Which got me thinking what colour spectrum do they see? Do they view the world in black and white or have they got similar vision than we have?

[Sandy]

Hia,
I am wondering why my tortoise does not eat the red Hibiscus flowers and only eats the orange ones. Do they have anything against red in general? Which got me thinking what colour spectrum do they see? Do they view the world in black and white or have they got similar vision than we have?

Mine will only eat white ones if there is nothing else:0)

[Stuart]

I'm fairly confident they can see yellow...unless they choose the flowers of dandelion, sow thistle and other yellow-flowering plants because they're flowers... ?

[Joan]

Hia,
I am wondering why my tortoise does not eat the red Hibiscus flowers and only eats the orange ones. Do they have anything against red in general? Which got me thinking what colour spectrum do they see? Do they view the world in black and white or have they got similar vision than we have?

In my younger days I found that tortoises loved red toenails!

[Sandy]

Hia,
I am wondering why my tortoise does not eat the red Hibiscus flowers and only eats the orange ones. Do they have anything against red in general? Which got me thinking what colour spectrum do they see? Do they view the world in black and white or have they got similar vision than we have?

In my younger days I found that tortoises loved red toenails!

They also like plain toes too:0)
Must be the lovely smell of feet:0)