Feeding and Nutrition :: Lost appetite for greens

[Tenodera]

No, I'm not kidding.

Serra has ACTUALLY lost her appetite for greens.

What should I do?

[SpotsMama]

Have you offered her a variety of greens? Red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, basil, anacharis, other aquatic plants? When did she seem to lose her appetite for them?

[Tenodera]

yup! I just gave her dandelion, green leaf, kale, and swiss chard. She lost it two days ago...

[SpotsMama]

Why don't you try something completely different for awhile. Maybe a blueberry or little piece of cantelope. Then go back to the greens. Two days really isn't very long - if it drags on for a couple of weeks, or if she starts showing some other negative symptoms, then let's discuss it some more.

[Tenodera]

oh..ok! I'm starting to think she thought the swiss chard was too bitter.

[industrial_girl_2000]

oh..ok! I'm starting to think she thought the swiss chard was too bitter.

I was just going to ask you if you had actually tasted the greens to see if they were bitter or not.

I like Spotsmama's suggestion about giving your turtle some other fruits/veggies for a while. Case in point: my Sheba still loves greens, but this week when I ran out of lettuce & forgot to buy it when I went to the store, I have been giving Sheba a strawberry daily.

Good news about strawberries & why I don't feel too bad giving Sheba a strawberry treat for a few days: they are the fruit with the least amount of natural sugars so they make a healthy lower-carb TREAT.