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I rescued a tortoise a week ago who wasnt looked after properly he had never been given weeds and had only ever been fed on tortoise pellets he is an adult male hermann tortoise. I have tried to tempt him to eat weeds and veg but he wont eat any he doesnt seem to know what it is. I have also tried mixing pellets with weeds but he only wants the pellets. Any ideas to get him eating a proper tortoise diet?

03-19-2008 01:43 PM
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Just feed the weeds and nothing else he will soon get hungry enough to eat them. I recently got 2 adult tortoises that were fed on salad foods for the last 50 years, since coming to me they have got onto a weed based diet and now scoff the lot, They were a little picky at first but soon got the hang of it, just keep him well hydrated while he is not eating.


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Cheers for the help he was only fed once a fortnight and kept terribly.

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I'm glad you got him. Every 14 days, in America that is called neglect if not abuse as I know it's called in England.Just keep on with weeds


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Poor boy Sad thats just bloody cruel Sad


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danieledwards2006 Wrote:
Cheers for the help he was only fed once a fortnight and kept terribly.


Thats just horrible! I'm so glad he's in better care now!


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03-20-2008 07:43 AM
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