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Need help with my new Greek

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I just got a new Greek tortoise for my birthday... we think his name is going to be Bob. I've done ridiculous amounts of research on how to care for him and I think I have pretty much everything figured out. He is in a 4x6 tortoise table that my fiance built for me, has UVA and UVB lights plus a basking area with a hot side in the upper 80's or 90's and a cool side near 75. Each day since I've had him I've made a huge salad of greens for him to eat. I've used green leaf lettuce, kale, turnip greens, collard greens, mustard greens, carrot, squash, tomatoes, mazuri tortoise diet and those yumyum things that are cactus flavored. Each day he has pushed everything else aside and only ate the tomatoes. He doesn't seem to care about grass either, only tomatoes! Any suggestions? Are tomatoes bad for him in large quantities? What should I do?
 
Hello

Hello,

I would only feed tomatoes occasionally. The have higher oxalates & will bind calcium absorption.
Have you tried some of the commercial pellets & or dry food mixed in with the veggies & greens yet? They tend to like that as well, plus, it is a good source of plant proteins & vitamins for them, too.
Do you have a picture of your Greek?

Tracie
 
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