Mr. Tortoise
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Over the past couple weeks my red footed tortoise (8-10 years old) has started to eat drastically less. Usually he eats a lot and never passes up on eating cooked chicken but recently he has been eating much less and even passed up on his favorites. He has also had a handful of very green and runny poops he still has normal poops sometimes but every now and again he has a runny green one. We have had him for 5 years and his diet hasn't changed. His diet consists of 40ish% lettuce 30ish% veggies (peppers, kale, carrots, mushrooms, zucchini) 25% fruit (banana, strawberries, mango, papaya) and 5ish% protein (chicken). We took him to the vet and they said he looks very strong and healthy, his diet was good, and just to keep an eye on him. In late May we recently started letting him roam around in his outdoor enclosure when the weather permits. It has been quite hot and for about a week his indoor enclosure was on the high end of the temperature range so we moved it to the basement to cool him down. In his outdoor enclosure he has a burrow to hide in, grass, petunias, marigolds, and a blueberry shrub (this is a fairly new addition however it doesn't appear to be eaten). Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thank you all very much!