Picky Eaters


Tortoises can become picky for several reasons.


  1. Lack of variety.

  2. Feeding tasty foods like fruits.

  3. Texture related

  4. Color related

There are several ways to deal with picky eaters

  1. Mix the favorite foods with the desired foods and reduce the amount of the favorite foods, slowly.

  2. Rotate foods

  3. Finely chop favorite foods with desired foods

  4. Use a safe pellet to make treat balls.

  5. Mix moisten pellets with desired foods

  6. Make homemade treats using pellets

  7. Try new foods

  8. Add color

  9. Establish a routine

  10. Use a treat ball


Tortoises

The following are ideas for picky eaters