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Posted by bexley on December 01, 2002 at 22:23:03:
In Reply to: Bad eatting habit. posted by grid44 on December 01, 2002 at 17:50:31:
The first food I could get Tempest to eat, was dry pellets. I don't mix greens/veggies with pellets, I leave the pellets on their own in a seperate bowl, all dry and unappetizing. The greens/veggies mix, I leave in their own bowl, closer to his basking site, looking as yummy as possible. Slowly, on his own, he's been eating more and more greens/veggies and weaning himself off his pellets. There's the odd day he prefers pellets but at least this way I know he's always eating something.
I think given a clear choice, they will naturally drift towards eating greens and veggies, especially if the veggies are finely chopped and smell good. Its taken a good month, but he's now eating pretty much all greens/veggies, with the occasional pick at the dry pellets. Its working well for me, though it will be a while yet before I take the pellets completely out of his enclosure.
To add some pressure, I just leave the dry pellets in there all the time and don't change them. Sounds a bit gross I know, I clean the bowl twice a week and just keep topping up the pellets as they go. The veggies and greens are always offered in a totally clean, scrubbed bowl, just to make the choice that much more attractive.
:My ig I got a couple of weeks ago isn't taking to the greens very well. The pet store had it on dry pellet food and that's all it seems willing to eat. It will nibble at the greens but not much. Is there a good way to break it from this? I have tried mixing the two, but it picks the pellets out. I don't want to yank the pellets because it is very underweight now and I don't want it to stop eating all together. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
