Feeding Help Needed!!

[Ross_B13]

Hi, I recently became owner of a 6month old Hermann's named Ranger, the pet store I purchased him from were only feeding him the tortoise food pellets. I'm trying to ween him off this and onto a more natural diet, but he seems very hesitant about eating anything other than the pellets. Is there anything I can do to entice him to eat other things?

Thank you in advance

 

[johnsonnboswell]

Mix pellets into his new food. Chop the new stuff up until he gets the idea. Start with a small proportion of the new stuff and gradually increase as he accepts it. That's the standard advice.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

+1
Most of the colorful pellets have sugar in them. I agree, wet some and mash them up and add greens until what you have it mostly greens. maybe over a period of a few weeks then toss the pellets in the garbage. (If they are indeed the colorful ones.) If they are tan in color, Mazuri, just feed less of it and continue.