My 7" radiata tortoise wont eat?

Unless I put greens in his mouth. and he'll chew it like he likes it a lot. a fy infos, he eats a lot of greens i took around 1 hour of openning his mouth and putting greens. BTW,I also tried almost all kind of greens and fruits place in front of his but still wont eat. will this be forever feeding with hands? im doing this for 2-3 weeks now, and I also tried not feeding him for a day so he'll starve. but the next day,still wont eat. but he's strong cause when i put him under a sun he walks and runs around my only problem is his diet. help

My 7" radiata tortoise wont eat?
if you have the correct temperature and the housing is correct then there is no reason for it not to eat, a tortoise can go for ages with out eating and sometimes do, if you want him to eat then stop forcing him to put the food down and leave him to eat, they do not always want the food when it is first put down and will go to it later on, leave him for 3 -4 days to see if he will do it on his own, if he does not eat then take him to a herp vet and get him checked out, give him a variety of food, and let him eat at his own pace, he will eat on his own, unless he is sick so give him a few days, check out the tortoise trust web site(www.tortoisetrust.org) they have care sheets and what to feed all types of tortoise so you will be able to find out what these tortoises like to eat, with you feeding him he does not need to find food, so leave him but if he still won't eat he really need to get checked out, the inside of a tortoises mouth should be a nice pink color if it looks really red or white get him to a vet, but as long as he is drinking he can go days with out food, best of luck honey.
Reply:If it does not eat, then there is something wrong- either the diet is wrong, or the cares are wrong, or it is ill. There is not enough info in the question to sort this out.





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