Hibiscus leafs

[HipsterTorts]

So I've had my baby golden greek for exactly one week. Thorugh the week I realized she had issues eating, meaning she hates store bought lettuce and only eats things that I find outside. I ordered seeds so I'll plant those but while I wait the only thing she'll eat is hibiscus leaves and the occasional dandelion if I find one.

Is it okay that she'll only eat hibiscus leaves right now?

I've been putting bird vitamins in her water while I soak her and calcium on the leaves so I know she's getting vitamins. I also was mixing organic carrot baby food in when she soaked the last couple of days because she hadn't eaten in 2 days since she was rejecting everything I gave her. I thought she was sick and was ready to take her to the vet, turns out she's just a really picky eater

Totally just realized I was having a brain fart and spelt leaves wrong. Excuse my poor mid day spelling error.

 

[Torty Mom]

Can you sneak in any other leaves? Like chop up 3 hibiscus leaves and chop up 1 rose leaf, mix it all together so when she smells it she still smells the hibiscus and eats everything. You don't have to use a rose leaf I was just using that as my example. How old is she?

 

[Madkins007]

They occasionally get 'stuck' on one food item. When it is reasonably healthy, like this, we don't need to panic, but it is still a good idea to work other food items in. You can try chopping and mixing, or just not offering hibiscus for a while- whatever works best for you.

 

[HipsterTorts]

I'm not exact on her age but I'm pretty sure it's somewhere between 5 weeks and 8 weeks (I'm not even sure if she is a she haha.) She's about an inch and a half in length.

I try to sneak in things as much as I can. Like when I was outside with her today i put a piece of romaine lettuce down on the grass and she ate 3 bites of it.

I haven't tried chopping up her food, she usually just eats it as it is. So I think I will try chopping and mixing. And if that doesn't work I will try taking it away, I'm just letting her eat it right now because she hasn't eaten in two days due to stubbornness.

I did however discover that she likes clover! I happened to come across some today while outside and she chowed down the second I put her near it. She has some weird thing with eating food outside instead of the food on her rock.

Thanks Mary Anne & Mark for the help!
Sarah

 

[Angi]

Keep adding new stuff. She may get used to it. Get some Mazuri too.

 

[HipsterTorts]

I've tried Mazuri =/ I gave it to her for the first time on monday and she seemed to like it. But since then I haven't been able to get her to eat it. She just walks away and leaves it to be eaten by my other tort. I've even tried putting a tiny bit of the organic carrot baby food on it but that didn't seem to help either.

~Sarah

 

[Torty Mom]

Boy oh boy she is a picky eater! I have 4 CDT hatchlings, and each one is different from the other! I chop up their food pretty good, so they can't tell what is what, so when they take a bite, they are usually getting 2 or 3 different things in each chomp! They still sit there and bump their little noses on everything first. Sometimes in the afternoon I will put leaves in there uncut to encourage some grazing. I have one super picky eater too. Princess Penny who only wants Mazuri. So that is her Sunday treat now. Good luck, keep trying. BTW where is Eastvale?

 

[HipsterTorts]

Thanks It's sort of good to know I'm not the only one with a picky eater lol

Eastvale is in Riverside county. It's right above Norco and right next to Mira Loma. It was actually considered a part of Corona for the longest time but just became it's own city last October. You wouldn't even realize it was a city if you were driving through it. It's just a bunch of oversized houses and one shopping center on top of a bunch of old cattle fields. It's like a stinky suburb haha

~Sarah