My Red Foot has a major sweet tooth!

[FurMommyofEverything]

Hi!
I'm new on the forum, I have a baby Red Footed Tortoise.
I've run into a problem with him eating his dark greens!
He will eat Romaine lettuce and a little bit of parsley, but I'm having trouble getting the little one to eat kale.
I have seen him SPIT IT OUT.
He will eat carrots, bananas, and mango too.
I'm trying to give him/her the variety of foods he/she needs, but it's difficult when one of the best things I can give him, he hates.

 

[wellington]

Too much kale is not a good thing for tortoises. But they do need some protein added.
@ZEROPILOT can help with a food list.

 

[FurMommyofEverything]

Too much kale is not a good thing for tortoises. But they do need some protein added.
@ZEROPILOT can help with a food list.

I only just now bought him some kale, I even just saw him/her moving his food around to get to the slice of mango I put in there and then he looked straight at me when the mango was gone.
I just ordered some ZooMed forest pellets for him and just waiting for it to come in.
He will also eat the heck out of some worms.

 

[FurMommyofEverything]

He/she won't even touch the kale.

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

He/she won't even touch the kale.

Hello! You can make a mush out of finely chopped kale and banana (more fruit than kale in the beginning). Or can skip kale for a while and offer other greens - opuntia pads, hibiscus and mulberry leaves. They are rich in calcium too and may be more appealing.

 

[wellington]

He/she won't even touch the kale.

Okay, just so you know, it's not as healthy for them as it might be for humans
Take a piece of fruit, maybe a strawberry and squeeze some juice into the kale. Do not have anything else to eat while the kale is there with the juice on it. This should make him eat it.

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Good advice so far! Feel free to check out this thread I made, it goes over correct equipment, levels, care and such, always good to double check because it’s so common to have the wrong lighting&heating equipment. I included a food list at the end that might be useful for you

Young red foot/ cherryhead set up

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information on an effective example of a starter enclosure for a red foot/cherry head😊 Care advice for these guys is painfully behind, fb pages, YouTube, pet stores, they’re all repeating the same outdated advice, this forum is made of...

tortoiseforum.org

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I'm not able to contribute much at the moment.
For pellets. MAZURI 5M21 is the one most Redfoot go crazy for. It gets soft if you soak it and it's good for mixing other foods into.

 

[FurMommyofEverything]

Thank you everyone so much for all of your advice!
It's my first time owning a reptile, my daughter had fallen so much in love with it when we were at the exotic pet expo, I had to get the little one for her.
Both are just inseparable, the little one will even fall asleep in her lap.
Our cat even lays next to his container to just chill with him/her.