Morgan P
New Member
I got a red footed cherry head tortoise 3 months ago from a local small breeder. It was born in June. Since I got it, I struggle to get it to eat greens. I mix other things within the greens to try to entice them and they eat around it and only eat a few pieces if I am lucky. I have had best luck with red leaf lettuce but have tried mustard greens, romaine lettuce, collard greens and kale. The small amount of fruit I mix in is usually mango but sometimes banana, papaya, cantaloupe or strawberries…but usually mango. Other small things I mix in are mushroom or Mazuri. I always feed them after a midday soak and the soak is 30 min. They usually run away from the food after I put them in their enclosure after the soak so I come back in maybe 15 min to put them back in front of it. I got a scale and they are gaining weight slowly.
Any advice on getting them to eat greens better??
Any advice on getting them to eat greens better??