Haha! What you see is being a "mom of 3 picky eaters(human babies) experience" and nothing else
Another thing you may want to try just to get him started is making things "really mushy/slippery/soft/easy to go down the hatch". Critters that have been sick or off food for a while may have lost their natural instinctive drive to "eat in order to survive". Our job is trying to bring that drive back at any cost. You may want to try adding some gerber baby food whatever vegetables would be closest to your species diet. Also not sure if you've heard about "carrot soaks" for sickly torts. I'm convinced that my little Tucker would not be here today had it not been for my persistence a refusing to give up. I'd make tiny blends of different foods 2 times a day and get him out of his hide (3x day!!!) put him in front of his food. Sometimes he'd start running away, and I'd keep bringing him back over and over, until... he'd catch on and started eating. I know, I know!!! It's far from what they do in nature!" That they forage, etc... I just didn't want this baby to die on my watch. He is eating now but I still watch him closely. He seems to have some issues with the mechanics of eating, i.e. it takes him 2-3 trials to get a piece of food in his mouth where it doesn't fall out. I think with reg. consistency food he was getting discouraged, and food that soft where he gets his mouth full with each "scoop" satisfies his tummy much quicker and keeps him coming back for that reward. What can I say? Some of our animals have some special needs, just like us-humans do
Hey I've got three little ones too. And I worried over every little thing. Lol. My oldest is 12, and I worry just the same as day 1. Poor kids.Haha! What you see is being a "mom of 3 picky eaters(human babies) experience" and nothing else
Hi, it seems to me that Rocky (I like the name); is better today, right?Hey I've got three little ones too. And I worried over every little thing. Lol. My oldest is 12, and I worry just the same as day 1. Poor kids.
So we've named the tortoise today, Rocky Road. And Rocky ate again today. The extra fine chopping seems to help. So I'll keep that up. Still have to return him to the dish over and over. However a big improvement is I saw him eat the grass, he had completely stopped foraging well over a week or 2 ago. So maybe giving him some time and extra care is paying off. I hope so. Again thanks for all the support.
I really think so. I still have concerns. But he doesn't seem as stressed. So we are keeping a close eye on him. And I'm still reading a good bit of this forum too. Thanks.
That is definitely good news. Keep up the good work, and keep up updated,
He's a little big for the little squirrels around here, I think, but the cats are a big problem. I'm not sure how to deal with them. I want him to have room and cats can find ways into almost anything not completely caged in. Still he seems much happier today.I hope he feels better soon! I'm sure he'll adjust, it just takes time. We don't like change and they move a lot slower than we do.
You should be careful to watch other animals as well..
I have heard that groundhogs, squirrels, raccoons, birds and things like that can very easily grab them up and carry them away..
Keep us posted!
