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I acquired a new Leopard tortoise about 4 weeks ago and I think he is just fabulous. The guy said he was 4 years old and a female. Clearly she is a he, his name is now Leonardo and is about 6" SCL. He did not have the best of care before he came to me. He was in a very large deep tank with only an 18" 5.0 UVB bulb, no basking spot, but it was kinda warm in there. He had no water, no hide, nothing, just rabbit pellets. He said he soaked him about every two weeks. He was not to specific as to what he was fed but I was told he ate organic kale, bananas and green leaf lettuce along with apples, etc. We have been to the vet for stool check and treatment for lots of parasites as well as the soft plastron and a beak trim. He is doing much much better now. Putting on weight as he is kinda light for his size. Eats well and is very active and has become very friendly. He loves it when I am cleaning up his table (putting things back in order) from all his walking, walking, walking all day long, he always comes to see what I am doing. He loves to have his rear end rubbed, wiggles it back and forth...to cute.
Problem is he will not eat anything but green leafys. No carrots, no cactus, no red bell peppers, no butternut squash, nothing. I have tried chopping up the carrots and other foods in the food chopper and covering the greens with it but he will totally ignore it all day. I have tried just sprinkling it on the greens, same thing. I have tried putting no greens but veggies out for him, nothing. I have tried grass (growing live grass), I don't think he knows what it is or how to eat it. I do however cut up the grass and sprinkle it on his greens as well as orchard grass and timothy hay. It stays pretty good when I spray it all with water to make it stick.
Help, how do I get him to eat something besides leafy greens?
Problem is he will not eat anything but green leafys. No carrots, no cactus, no red bell peppers, no butternut squash, nothing. I have tried chopping up the carrots and other foods in the food chopper and covering the greens with it but he will totally ignore it all day. I have tried just sprinkling it on the greens, same thing. I have tried putting no greens but veggies out for him, nothing. I have tried grass (growing live grass), I don't think he knows what it is or how to eat it. I do however cut up the grass and sprinkle it on his greens as well as orchard grass and timothy hay. It stays pretty good when I spray it all with water to make it stick.
Help, how do I get him to eat something besides leafy greens?