How much food should i give my rf?

[ballergrapher]

Hi! I recently got a hatchling redfoot.. I think he is around 3 months old, Im wondering how much food should i give him? Whenever I give him food, I think he stops/ turn away from his food if he is full, but i noticed him trying to eat rocks.

 

[ballergrapher]

Is there any problem thats why he tries to eat the rock?

 

[AnnV]

I am wondering the same thing. I recently put rocks in my new enclosures. Just caught the Star sampling the rocks. So I put his cuttle bone in front of him, in case he was looking for calcium. He wasn't. I wonder if other minerals are lacking?

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Torts love to eat small rocks , paper , bark, and even plastic and it's very bad for the torts cause it will block up the in sides
So if they can put it in their mouth remove it now

 

[ballergrapher]

Oh thats why.. Good thing the rock i placed in the enclosure is big.. Maybe my rf is just trying to know his enclosure.. Because i also saw him trying to eat his pot hide and also the gauge.. Haha!

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Not knowing what you are offering him to eat.... most likely he IS lacking something in his diet.

Other than for decor.. what is the purpose of the rock? [ it's taking up space he could use otherwise. ]

 

[ballergrapher]

Not knowing what you are offering him to eat.... most likely he IS lacking something in his diet.

Other than for decor.. what is the purpose of the rock? [ it's taking up space he could use otherwise. ]

I give him, jute mallows as a bulk of his diet. It is high in fiber and calcium. I also give him river spinach, apple, pumkin, hibiscus flower and leaves. It has been exactly a week from the day i got my hatchling rf.

Its just for decor and also where i place my gauge.. I think the enclosure is quite big for a hatchling.