Meet little Yerba the Sulcata! Advice needed

Hello everyone! My name is Ty and Im a college student in Colorado with tons of reptile experience with lizards, snakes, toads and frogs, but no tortoise experience. I got little Yerba the Sulcata about 2 months ago, and I have fallen in love with her. Im fully aware of the size she will grow to, and have planned my future around that. She has an awesome tub set up right now with a live sprout garden in it, but he only issue with her is that she is REALLY picky. She wont eat the mazuri pellets, wont eat the zoo med grassland food, or most vegtables. She loves romaine lettuce, acorn squash, cucumber, and sometimes kale. She sometimes will nibble on her sprout garden (kale, lettuce, wheat grass and mustard green sprouts), but thats it. She wont touch any other veggie or the pellets, so I do dust her food with calcum supplement with D3. Do you think that this is enough variety and nutrition for her? Anybody have some neat tips and tricks to get their tortoise babies to not be so picky?

Thanks!

I'm excited to be a part of this community.

Hello and Welcome. No, what she is choosing to eat is not enough variety. You will have to play tuff love with her.
Finely Chop up the foods she won't eat and mix them with finely chopped foods she will eat and spritz with water. She will have to eat the good with the bad as they will stick together. Slowly add more of the better stuff while using less of the not so good stuff. Eventually she should be eating and liking it all. As for the pellet food, soak it to a mush and smear onto the greens.

Welcome to the Forum!
I agree with @wellington
Yerba is a cute name!
Since your new, I thought it would be helpful if I pointed out some great threads for you to read. These care sheets are great and proven by forum members to help your tort THRIVE.
Give them a read and if you have any questions feel free to ask.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-45180.html

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/sulcata-diet-sheet.64290/

This one is good for figuring out what's good food and what's not.
http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/index.php#.Wk0cpEOIbqA

I once had a little Leopard that was picky like that. I soaked the Mazuri & mushed it onto the Roman leaves ( she was addicted to Romain ) till she liked the Mazuri. Then I mixed the Mazuri onto whatever else I wanted her to eat & made the transition. Worked well.

Hi Ty

Hello and welcome!

Welcome to the Forum, Ty!

Little sulcatas should be eating machines. If they are not, something is wrong somewhere. Here are some possibilities:

• Poor start in life. Most breeders start them too dry and don't offer enough variety in the diet. When you are juggling with dozens or hundreds of hatchlings, it is much easier to toss in some romaine or a handful of spring mix than to take the time to go out and collect the right foods to feed.
• The overly dry start is enough to damage their kidneys and make them fail to thrive. This would affect appetite.
• House incorrectly in open topped shallow tubs that don't hold in any of the heat or humidity. Room temp is too cold for this species. They need it 80 or higher every where in their enclosure day and night.
• Lack of hydration. Most people don't soak them often enough. And housing them in dry conditions will dehydrate them even faster.

Do you know how your baby was started? Wet routine or dry? What substrate were they on as hatchlings? Rabbit pellets?
What are your four temps? Warm side, cool side, basking area, and overnight low? I see a basking lamp and a strip light, but I don't see any night heat, or anything to keep ambient temp above room temp when out from under the basking lamp.

These threads might offer more insight:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/hatchling-failure-syndrome.23493/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-incubate-eggs-and-start-hatchlings.124266/