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I have a Red-Foot that is around 3 months old (he/she still has an egg tooth). He seems to be growing well and I occasionally catch him munching on greens I left in his enclosure. Lately though he seems to be more sluggish than usual and he doesn't seem to eat his greens regularly. However, when I place a small slice of butternut squash several feet away from him, he scurries over and scarfs it down. I'd prefer for him to eat more of the greens and not the other stuff. Any ideas on how to accomplish this? I tried rubbing some of his favorite foods onto the greens and he bit into them and spat them out. His hot spot is around 85-86*F; maybe I should turn it up to 89/90? Thanks

I have Two Yellow Foots are kept at between 70 and 80 F. When the temperature drops below 70 they tend to become sluggish and tend to not eat (I have yellow foots and they are slightly different to red foots. I have was told my yellow foots are very delicate and red-foots are more hardy).

My yellow foots favorite foods is mushroom, pumpkin and squash. They get fruit or mushroom every day and always have greens (Plantain, dandelion, pumpkin laves, storks and leaves).

I have found giving them a range of greens and my yellow foots are very picky on what they eat.

I would also give more water instead of more heat as mentioned before I keep my torts at a lower temperature (when their temperature gets hotter than 80F they climb out of their box and walk around the house).

A calcium deficiency could make him sluggish too... Feed him more kale and dandelion leaves, and try to get him to get more natural sun. I am sure it will improve his apetite. Put Neocalglucon in his water, you can order it from any pharmacy.