Stubborn eaters

[katelyn0974]

My turtles are now five months old and are stubborn about eating their vegetables. They will only eat their gut loaded meal worms and other types of worms I feed them. I'm afraid they aren't getting enough nutrition. Any feedback? Thank you.

 

[Millerlite]

Don't worry most babies will only eat protein, just keep offering it make a salads and put worms on top of that that way he gets a taste if greens, try different fruits to to get him on non live foods. Worms tho arnt bad lots of babies eat worms till they get older just keep trying!

 

[katelyn0974]

Don't worry most babies will only eat protein, just keep offering it make a salads and put worms on top of that that way he gets a taste if greens, try different fruits to to get him on non live foods. Worms tho arnt bad lots of babies eat worms till they get older just keep trying!

Thank you, I will keep trying.

 

[theTurtleRoom]

I would not worry about baby box turtles eating veggies at all. They are high protein diet in the wild. Many boxies even stay higher protein as adults.

 

[turtlemann2]

While a high protein/calcium diet is important for a hatching veggies should still be offered I would attempt sweet potato apple or banana as a first food they have strong scents are a soft consistency

 

[katelyn0974]

While a high protein/calcium diet is important for a hatching veggies should still be offered I would attempt sweet potato apple or banana as a first food they have strong scents are a soft consistency

Thank you. They use to chomp on squash and zucchini but now all they want is worms.

 

[lisa127]

When my boxies were that young, they were already nibbling veggies and fruits. I did it by moistening Reptomin sticks and mashing them up. I would then add the veggies into that and smash it all together.