Today is the start of day 3 that I've had my RES "George" on the Tough Love diet. I've had him for just over 2 weeks and have been feeding him pellets. I think he's about 3 years old (no idea really) and has most likely only been fed pellets while owned by PetSmart. He has what I believe to be slight pyramiding and I really want to get him on a proper diet of 75/25 greens/protein respectively to prevent any further damage. I currently have 3 leaves of 3 different types of lettuce in a home-made vegeclip, and I shredded some of the lettuce and am letting it float. I also have some diced zucchini floating to try and get him to at least try vegetables. I think he ate one piece of the zucchini yesterday but nothing else in the last 2 days. He's still super active but hasn't eaten :/.
Are there any other ways to entice him to eat the lettuce? Should I remove him from his tank and leave him in a smaller area with the lettuce until he eats it? I feel bad that he's not eaten but I know it's for his own good. How long is too long to let him not eat? At what point do I call it quits and give him pellets? Thanks for any help you can provide.