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Originally Posted by PaulPhillips
We give them a warm bath outside of their enclosure and we have noticed that when we put them back in, Lola will then go into their cool bath and then walk across their food dishes, covering their food with the tortoise life substrate that we use on the floor, which is a sand. She will do this several times and then go to bed without eating. Charlie will go straight to bed after his bath
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yes they do that when in a huff. Some of the items you are offering are not really what they eat (bean sprouts and grapes are not really good I think) but some of them take weeks to settle down and start eating.
Also if the temperature is too low they will be reluctant to eat (or too high probably too). Bagged salad that contains raddichio and other lettuce leaves but not stuff like beetroot or spinach is what most people use in winter and some folks use pellets twice a week. The salad should be sprinkled with your Reptivite though Nutrobal is more suitable for young torts really.
Romaine lettuce is another one that is okay. None of the salad stuff contains much nutrition which is why supplements need put on.
To get them started eating it's often worth trying a bit of strawberry or cucumber but only to get them started not as a daily food once they get going.
In the spring lots of weeds will be available for them to be fed.
Limestone flour should be given and cuttlefish bone.
BTW, soak any pellets you use first