Hi everyone!
I've had my Russian Tortoise for about a year now, and so far everything has been fine. She was a rescue, so we don't know much about her other than she's between 7-14 years old, and had a poor diet with previous owners, as a small part of her shell is malformed. We've done our best to give her a varied diet with different leafy greens and veggies, but as we've come to find out, she's a VERY picky eater. She'll pick around and refuse kale, mustard greens, chard, collards, you name it she probably won't like it. As of right now, we can only get her to munch on spring mix, dandelion leaves, carrots, bell peppers, and cucumbers as a treat. We do give her calcium supplement with the greens, too, which doesn't bother her.
What can I do to try and introduce more variety into her diet? Any tips or tricks that will get her to eat? The vet has said she's healthy and is at a good weight, but we've agreed that she needs some different kinds of leafy greens. Thanks in advance for your help.
I've had my Russian Tortoise for about a year now, and so far everything has been fine. She was a rescue, so we don't know much about her other than she's between 7-14 years old, and had a poor diet with previous owners, as a small part of her shell is malformed. We've done our best to give her a varied diet with different leafy greens and veggies, but as we've come to find out, she's a VERY picky eater. She'll pick around and refuse kale, mustard greens, chard, collards, you name it she probably won't like it. As of right now, we can only get her to munch on spring mix, dandelion leaves, carrots, bell peppers, and cucumbers as a treat. We do give her calcium supplement with the greens, too, which doesn't bother her.
What can I do to try and introduce more variety into her diet? Any tips or tricks that will get her to eat? The vet has said she's healthy and is at a good weight, but we've agreed that she needs some different kinds of leafy greens. Thanks in advance for your help.