Gomez and Morticia, my two juvenile CDTs, are obsessed with zucchini. I found out recently that before we adopted them this spring, zucchini made up most of their diet. (Their prior keeper was very kind, but was of the old fashioned, 'no water dish, not much food, live in a glass box' school of tortoise keeping).
Anyway, they graze on grasses in their enclosure, and every morning their food dish has a mixture of greens, weeds, cacti, flowers, etc. But I often feed zucchini cause they love it so much. I tuck it under the other food, and they dig under there to get it, sometimes leaving other healthy stuff uneaten. My question is, is there anything wrong with them eating so much zucchini? Should I wean them off it for any reason? Or just let them have what they like?
They've both been putting on weight steadily since we adopted them, and have healthy appetites and regular poops and pees.
Anyway, they graze on grasses in their enclosure, and every morning their food dish has a mixture of greens, weeds, cacti, flowers, etc. But I often feed zucchini cause they love it so much. I tuck it under the other food, and they dig under there to get it, sometimes leaving other healthy stuff uneaten. My question is, is there anything wrong with them eating so much zucchini? Should I wean them off it for any reason? Or just let them have what they like?
They've both been putting on weight steadily since we adopted them, and have healthy appetites and regular poops and pees.