What you are feeding him is ideal, but he has probably never seen any of that and has no idea what it is. New foods have to be introduced gradually over weeks or months. Check in with the seller and see what he was eating before. Probably lettuce. Mix in small amounts of these new food all chopped up and mixed in with the tortoise’s old favorites.
What size is the enclosure? They need 4×8 feet as a minimum, but they are often restless even with a large enough enclosure.
Basking temperature should be around 100 directly under the flood bulb. 88-90 is a little too cool, but all else sounds good.
Are you soaking daily? Soaks will keep the tortoise hydrated while it’s not eating much, and it helps keep the GI tract moving, which should increase appetite. Soak in warm water in a tall sided opaque tub for 30-40 minutes daily for a couple of weeks. Don’t worry about it if the tortoise scrambles to get out the whole time. We call that the tortoise treadmill and its good exercise. All that locomotion also help keep the GI tract moving.
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