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I have a few questions about what exactly I should feed. I've had my little Leopard for about a month and I don't think he's grown any. I don't have a scale small enough to really weigh him properly to check changes.
Right now I've been feeding him Kale. It's big enough that he can get his mouth on it, since the frilliness gives plenty of places for him to put his mouth. I tried collard greens but they were too flat for his little mouth. He couldn't rip off bits to eat or anything. I bought some rabbit feed high in alfalfa and other hays with low (13%) protein. I've read that having high protein is bad. He seems to not want to eat the pellets, which makes me think that giving him the Mazuri tortoise feed would be bad since he has no interest in pellets at all. I sprinkle his food with powdered Tums (for calcium). I feel like he probably isn't getting enough of something but I don't want to just buy whatever and have it not be enough.
If I get him the pellets, do you think he'll try to eat them? Or will he just go for the Kale every time?
Right now I've been feeding him Kale. It's big enough that he can get his mouth on it, since the frilliness gives plenty of places for him to put his mouth. I tried collard greens but they were too flat for his little mouth. He couldn't rip off bits to eat or anything. I bought some rabbit feed high in alfalfa and other hays with low (13%) protein. I've read that having high protein is bad. He seems to not want to eat the pellets, which makes me think that giving him the Mazuri tortoise feed would be bad since he has no interest in pellets at all. I sprinkle his food with powdered Tums (for calcium). I feel like he probably isn't getting enough of something but I don't want to just buy whatever and have it not be enough.
If I get him the pellets, do you think he'll try to eat them? Or will he just go for the Kale every time?