Feeding and Nutrition :: Lollo Rossa any good?

[Zephyr]

Hey there! Just back from the store and I couldn't find any romaine lettuce for my baby YBS, Zephy. I was looking around for a substitute and I just found a lettuce called 'Lollo Rossa'. Is this any good for turtles? He's fed dandelion and duckweed and loves
'em both so I was kinda just looking for more variety. Any answers are appreiciated

[steve]

Yes, we call it red leaf lettuce and it's very good too.

[Zephyr]

That's good to know. Put it on his food clip and he's munching away at it. I'm lucky Zephy is so adventurous! Is it unusual for a baby turtle to take to vegetables straight away? I've been reading around and I was expecting him to hate them when he's younger and steadily grow into it. He eats his pellets first obviously but he always eats his greens.

[steve]

I wouldn't say it's unusual but it doesn't happen often. Some RES, babies or not, are just little pigs.

[michaelg]

Both of our RES started eating veggies at about 5 months old. They prefer Romaine, but I generally feed them red leaf and green leaf lettuce. Our 2 year old YBS loves Red Leaf the best.

-Michael