Bronbowie
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Which is better and has more nutritional value, greens (romaine and others) or the red veggies that we feed to our leopard tortoises?
Red veggies? You've gotten the wrong info from somewhere. Leopards should be eating broadleaf weeds, leaves, flowers and succulent of the right types. Grocery store greens or veggies should be a last resort only if you can't find anything better, and those grocery store greens need to be amended to add fiber, calcium and variety.Which is better and has more nutritional value, greens (romaine and others) or the red veggies that we feed to our leopard tortoises?
Mine is a 7 month old. He has a huge appetite for everything except Mazuri chow. He loves lettuce but i know it has low nutritional value. He is not too eager for grass. He likes clovers and dandelions. He samples stuff on his daily excursions with my constant supervision and he has discovered purslane and cats ears (the plant).Are you feeding a young one of adult? Leopards won't usually eat hay. Even grass can be hard to get them too eat if not started out on it when young. I feed my leopards grocery greens and mazuri in the winter months, along with whatever weeds or leaves and grass I can save from summer for them.
In the summer, they graze outside on weeds and grass. I give them mazuri every other day. Tried hays but they don't eat it.
Got it. Taking notes [emoji5]A varied diet of all greens and weeds, etc is good. I use romaine a few times a month along with all other greens and cactus. A variety as big as possible with hopefully weeds, flowers, and grasses, along with some greens and even mazuri will cover everything they need
Cut it in little pieces and then soak the Mazuri pellets and then combine them together. Voila!!I should say I keep trying hay different ways. Not a lot of luck
Yep, tried it. It went in the garbage. They still didn't eat the hay.Cut it in little pieces and then soak the Mazuri pellets and then combine them together. Voila!!