Feeding and Nutrition :: Need some help...

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:35 pm   Need some help...

Well Im determined to get Ranger to start eating his vegetables, so It's been 3 days since I have given him turtle pellets and the only thing Im offering to him is green leaf lettuce and cucumbers. But I feel bad not feeding him but I also feel bad for just feeding him pellets, He still has not eaten any of his vegetables after the 3rd day...... So will he? Also I won't starve him to death? Right?
Also any tips on getting him to eat vegetables? And when would he start eating them since he has a empty stomach for 3 days.....
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:24 am   Re: Need some help...

So he hasn't eaten in the last 3 days?
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 4:13 pm   Re: Need some help...

He's eaten a few chunks of cuttlebone that's in his tank, And a tiny bit of the lettuce.
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:09 pm   Re: Need some help...

Perhaps he doesn't like cucumber. None of my turtles does.
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:57 pm   Re: Need some help...

What about his lettuce? Is there a such thing of a turtle not liking any vegetables? Cause I think I have one...... haha. I've tried almost every vegetable on the vegetable list on that one post and he has not eaten one yet.
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