My 3-toed boxies will eat Zoo-Med's canned box turtle food even when they are being picky. I chop greens and veggies very finely and mix in with the canned food -- I think the (artificial, probably) scent and flavor in the canned food attacts them and covers up the taste of anything I mix in. Fed judiciously, this fruit-based food is useful for picky feeders (and for getting them to eat meds and vitamins, BTW).

I have never kept ornates, so this trick may work less well for them, but it is worth a try.

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• my boxy only wants to eat worms - quincy, Mon Jun 26 08:02:29 2006
• RE: my boxy only wants to eat worms - zillmerj, Tue Jun 27 06:11:01 2006