Slow eater

[DanaLachney]

Hey I noticed my redfoot I got yesterday eats super slow and after seeing a video of a Russian hammering down on some greens it got me wondering if something was wrong with MoonPie or not

 

[drxl34]

Hey I noticed my redfoot I got yesterday eats super slow and after seeing a video of a Russian hammering down on some greens it got me wondering if something was wrong with MoonPie or not

Haha just so you know that was double speed! But yea he was hungry. But you just got her right? See if you leave some lettuce and walk away for about an hr and see if she ate it. Mikey was hungry because he went almost two days without food. First day I got him he didn't eat in front of me. Moonpie will get used to you soon and eat like a pig in no time!!

 

[Jacob]

Hey I noticed my redfoot I got yesterday eats super slow and after seeing a video of a Russian hammering down on some greens it got me wondering if something was wrong with MoonPie or not

Haha just so you know that was double speed! But yea he was hungry. But you just got her right? See if you leave some lettuce and walk away for about an hr and see if she ate it. Mikey was hungry because he went almost two days without food. First day I got him he didn't eat in front of me. Moonpie will get used to you soon and eat like a pig in no time!!

A Redfoot is not a russian tortoise, so you shouldn't worry

 

[DanaLachney]

Oh no she eats and she will eat in front of me, it's just that it takes her a long time lol like she will sit on her food all morning and just eat but she kinda has a hard time eating idk maybe it's just cuz she is still little.

 

[ascott]

kinda has a hard time eating

What does this mean, I mean --is she not seeing her food? is she not getting the food in her mouth? or is she just lounging while feasting?

 

[DanaLachney]

What does this mean, I mean --is she not seeing her food? is she not getting the food in her mouth? or is she just lounging while feasting?

Sometimes she bites at food and misses lol. And sometimes like with the boiled egg and bellpepper it's like she isn't strong enough to scrape some off or somethin

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But this morning she isn't eating at all just sitting there looking at her food

 

[DanaLachney]

She still hasn't eaten anything

 

[Yvonne G]

It might help for you to cut the food up into tiny pieces for her. Also be sure she's warm enough. A tortoise that can't get its core temp up above 80F degrees won't eat because the food won't digest if they're not warm enough. Soak her every day in warm water, then place her in front of the food.

 

[ascott]

Yep...what Yvonne said...