Getting food to stick to greens?

[CanadianTestudo]

So I feed my tortoise grocery greens with something similar to zoomeds natural grassland tortoise food sprinkled over (I have the zoomed too, but I use this as I believe it to be a superior product). I have the problem that my tortoise, while eating her greens, will knock off most of the food I sprinkle on top and that just seems like a waste to me. Any way I could prepare the food so she would eat both? I'm hesitant of a bowl (I feed of a rock slate) as I don't want her beak to overgrow.

 

[Jodie]

I chop the food small and mist it with water. It helps.

 

[CanadianTestudo]

I mist with water as well, and that certainly does help the food stick. But she still runs through the food and spreads it everywhere

 

[Jodie]

The grassland stuff you can mix with water and make a mush. My Leopards won't eat it much. They like mazuri though.

 

[Tom]

I've never found a way to make it not messy. I just use terra cotta saucers sunk into the substrate to try and somewhat contain the mess and then wash the saucers off afterwards. In decades of tortoise keeping, I've never had one with an over grown beak.

 

[CanadianTestudo]

terra cotta sounds good, its rough so it will work the same as a stone slate. Will go pick up a terra cotta saucer tomorrow. I tried cutting the greens up today and it worked much better, looking good so far

 

[Kent]

I agree with Jodie. Chop it up and mist it. Always works for me.

 

[CanadianTestudo]

SO I tried everything you guys suggested, worked like a charm. Thanks for the help.