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?

i would say keep at it, i had the same problem with one of mine. I just sqeezed strawberry juice on the greens to give it a nice fragrant smell. he went right over and eventually started munching. (Tricked him) it worked for me so i hope it will work for you. Good luck.

Wayne

Thanks for your advise i shall have a go.

nice trick wayne!

Thanks. i was amazed at how well it worked for me. i had to do it a couple of days and after that he ate everything i gave him

I did the Strawberry juice thing too!

I tell you, It works

I did that to, actually this week, works like a charm

Tortoise is still not eating not interested in the food with strawberry juice on he was fed every two weeks could it be because hes not used to eating?. He occasionally goes into his shell and snorts but he seems to be breathing ok and doesnt have a runny nose it sounds strange but i cant seem to see his nostrils and he is six years whereas my one year old spur thighs i can clearly see theirs. He was never bathed and not heated properly. i got him a week ago and have been giving him daily bathes to re-hydrate him since doing so he has begun to shed on his neck really really thick skin im wondering whether it could be a build up of dead skin covering his nostrils any ideas please? should i take him to a vet?

Im not an expert on the nostril thing but if it were me i would take him to the vet and get him checked out.