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Posted by Tif on July 18, 2001 at 16:47:23:
In Reply to: need a new diet! posted by iZ's mom on July 18, 2001 at 16:35:30:
Have to agree with Bon & iZ~ I know it won't be easy because i had the same problem with Miya when I first brought him home~ He was being fed totally wrong and when i made up this wonderful healthy salad for him he would look at it and I was lucky to get him to eat one bite!! Was really maddening to have to throw away all that salad!LOL~ But he slowly came around(and i mean slowly) He didn't manage to starve to death and NOW he eats his greens and veggies right up!!~ I know what his favs are now and he is defenitly spoiled~ But I won the food battle! If I would have left it up to him he would be surviving on cat food and banana's!:P~ Another good tip someone told me was mush up the fruit he likes and coat the greens!~ its a trick that usually works and after a while they eat the greens on there own~ Good luck~ Glad you are looking to better take care of your iggy~ they all deserve the very best!~
: right now, it sounds like you have a very spoiled ig and perrsonally, i thoroughly disagree with your vet regarding supplements ~ supplements are NOT a replacement for a good, healthy diet ... supplements do NOT provide the calories, etc, etc, that an animal needs and in the wrong amounts, supplements CAN do more harm than good ...
: lots of igs get spoiled ~ it's easy to do cuz we worry that they're not eating + so we give them more of their most favorite foods! well guess what? the ig has just managed to train *you*! it's going to take some time + effort on your part, but you HAVE to get it's diet straightened out ASAP to prevent *future* health issues ...
: start slowly ~ *especially* decrease the amount of fruit! do it gradually, but decrease the foods that are low in nutrients and *increase* the greens ... maybe offer *only* greens for one meal ~ if it doesn't eat it, well, missing one meal won't hurt ... but then after that, start making small changes with *every* salad ...
: no, your ig is NOT going to like this at all ... they don't like change to begin with ... but you have to harden your heart a bit + teach it to eat healthy foods ... same line of thinking as toddlers ~ you wouldn't let a child exist on just chips + cookies, even if that's all they'd eat at 1st ~ sooner or later, they're gonna get hungry enough to eat what you put in front of them and very likely will ALSO learn that it doesn't taste as horrible as they thought ...
: ok, with THAT lecture over ~ *grin* ~
: iZ is probably one of THE most spoiled-rotten igs to ever exist! he's got his favorite foods that *have* to be in his salad or he pouts + won't eat ... and that's fine! just as long as it's in healthy proportions ~ for example, he LOVES melon (used to be oranges!) but he only gets fruit on his supper salad ... and when he's being particularly picky one week, i'll cheat and put melon *juice* on his salad (like a light dressing :) ) ... i'm STILL waiting on him hand + foot, but it's a little bit more on *my* terms ... (i think ... )
: another thing to try is to shred the greens VERY fine instead of just tearing them in small pieces ... could be that the pieces of greens are just too big for her ... could also maybe trick her into thinking it's something new cuz it looks different ...
: The Basking Spot has EXCELLENT diet info and big tables of just how nutritious each vegie/green is ...
: best wishes!
: Bon. + iZ
