Diet needs for Red foot

rjdelvis14

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Hello,

I have a Red foot tortoise around a year old. It will only ear the Mazuri tortoise diet pellets and virtually nothing else. Eats fruit once in a while (I don’t feed fruit often) but no leafy greens.
Is this bad?
 

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You need to add some variety. Your tortoise is only eating the Mazuri because you've spoiled it. You'll have to play hard ball. Don't feed the Mazuri for a few days and only put greens out. In a couple of days your tortoise will eat the greens. It won't starve itself. Or soak the Mazuri in water and make a mash. Then chop up some other food items like greens and fruit real fine and mix it with the Mazuri so your tort can't pick thru it. Like thisScreenshot_20200403-115501~2.png
 

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Thank you I will start weening the mazuri by mixing in the greens.
Mazuri is good don't get me wrong I just wouldn't feed it exclusively. I do Mazuri about 3 times a week mixed with other things.
 

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Just consider Mazuri as nutritious "crack cocaine." A little goes a long way; too much and they're addicted...
 

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