Feeding and Nutrition :: My turtles don't like veggies >.<

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:44 am   My turtles don't like veggies >.<

Ginko, Qing, Greeny and Olive, my turtles, well I only feed Ginko, the big one veggies. But she doesn't like it at all, she just stares at it and when i'm gone she just hides under the fridge. Anyway to get her to eat it? Its not a sickness or something, I tried getting her vegetable pellets but she doesn't like it much. Well, at least she eats some, the favorite pellet is mixed with veggies and some meat.

Please help me, its no fun for a RES to keep eating pellets for her whole life!
RES Turtles : Ginko [Feb 2007] , Greeny, Olive, Qing [2008]

Female : Ginko, Greeny
Male : Olive, Qing
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:03 am   

Well, you can try the turtle jello shots that have gotten good results so far.
Or, you can try the tough love method: not offering anything except vegetables
every day. It might take a while, but eventually Ginko will need to eat something,
and that something is the vegetables.

Try clipping the vegetable using veggie clip you can buy in pet stores.

Good luck!
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:06 am   

Yess.. I just about to post the same thing here.. Thankx Kemul :D

Try the Turtle Jello Shot~!

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17486

Or as Kemul said, just leave the vegies or lettuce in the tank. Sooner or later they will eat it.
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am   

Ok thankx :D Tried Jello Shots cant find the ingredients, need to go grocery again.
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