SquirtsMom63
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Hello friends! I have a 8 month old Herman's tortoise. I have had him since he was 1.5 months old. I have been doing lots of research because he is my first reptile. I am aware of the new research on Herman's tortoise diets and have been feeding mostly leaves with a smaller amount of different squash and rarely fruit or corn cob chunk as a treat. I live up north and cactus pads are impossible to find unless I go online. I feed dandelion leaves and flowers as food staple, along with aloe vera, but include other safe and healthy leaves as well. He gets regular baths and always has water in his enclosure.
here's the problem:
In the past few days my tort will barley touch any of his dandelion leaves. I have come to the conclusion that he might be sick of them? Or I need to introduce more variety in his diet?
What are some other options I can try? I can get almost anything (except cactus pads) at multiple fruit and veggie markets. Thank you SO much for the help! Just worried my baby is not getting the right nutrition!
here's the problem:
In the past few days my tort will barley touch any of his dandelion leaves. I have come to the conclusion that he might be sick of them? Or I need to introduce more variety in his diet?
What are some other options I can try? I can get almost anything (except cactus pads) at multiple fruit and veggie markets. Thank you SO much for the help! Just worried my baby is not getting the right nutrition!