31-12-2011, 02:49 PM | #1 |
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Not eating grass any more.
My two young Leopards have decided they no longer wish for grass to be a part of their diet. I have a nice selection of 2 or 3 different grasses available at the moment and offer them a plateful after their soak each morning which they usually tuck into with relish but not any more. Since about a week ago they have a good sniff and poke about at their plateful and then surge through it looking for something else. If I then offer them a plateful of weeds,leaves and flowers they tuck in til it´s all gone. I´ve tried offering the grass only but they hold out as long as I do and won´t eat it! Today was the same so I chopped up a load of hay and mixed that in with their weeds etc and pretty soon it was all gone and they´ve just had seconds of that. Should I offer them grass and nothing else until they start eating it again or what???
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31-12-2011, 03:05 PM | #2 |
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If you feed one thing to often tortoises tend to go off it for a while. Just stick to the weeds and try the grass twice a week. They will probably go back to it in a month or so.
Danny
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31-12-2011, 03:55 PM | #3 |
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OK Dan,thanks for your reply. I´ll give that a go. There´s loads of different weeds and flowers etc. here at the moment. Familiarity breeds contempt I guess!
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04-01-2012, 02:21 PM | #4 |
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Its hard work feeding a truely varied diet, but well worth the effort
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