lemonbrains
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Hi y'all. I have two greek tortoises about 4-7 months old. I basically rescued them from this guy who said he only ever fed them lettuce their whole lives.
I adopted both of these tortoises about a week ago and have been trying to feed them a variety of different veggies. I tried parsley and coriander, along with dandelion leaves, cucumber and even carrots. They took ONE bite of all veggies in the list above and then NEVER TOUCHED THEM AGAIN. They ONLY EAT LETTUCE. I even tried to put a variety of green leaves in their enclosure (except for lettuce) and they didn't eat anything!!!! I thought they must be starving and would eat something at least but noooooo. I then felt bad and put in some lettuce and they ate it hungrily.
This is very concerning because I read somewhere that lettuce has the least amount of nutritional value amongst all other leaves. I'm scared they're getting malnourished over time
BTW, I soak them inward water and expose them to the sun everyday - so food is the only issue right now.
Please help! What am I supposed to do!?
Heads up: Where I live, there are no vets that could help (the situation is tough here). If anyone has a home made remedy, please share!
I adopted both of these tortoises about a week ago and have been trying to feed them a variety of different veggies. I tried parsley and coriander, along with dandelion leaves, cucumber and even carrots. They took ONE bite of all veggies in the list above and then NEVER TOUCHED THEM AGAIN. They ONLY EAT LETTUCE. I even tried to put a variety of green leaves in their enclosure (except for lettuce) and they didn't eat anything!!!! I thought they must be starving and would eat something at least but noooooo. I then felt bad and put in some lettuce and they ate it hungrily.
This is very concerning because I read somewhere that lettuce has the least amount of nutritional value amongst all other leaves. I'm scared they're getting malnourished over time
BTW, I soak them inward water and expose them to the sun everyday - so food is the only issue right now.
Please help! What am I supposed to do!?
Heads up: Where I live, there are no vets that could help (the situation is tough here). If anyone has a home made remedy, please share!