Description:
Food so delicious your tortoise will come running. Our low-starch (LS) pellets contain the optimal nutrition your tortoise needs. This pellet has high fiber and contains live probiotics to support gastric health. With a flavor your tortoise will love and a healthy formulation, you can put mealtime worries behind you.
Mazuri® Tortoise Diet LS is best for arid-zone and grassland herbivorous tortoises and lizards. Such as the Aldabra, African spurred/sulcate tortoise, desert tortoise, Egyptian tortoise, Galapagos, gopher, Greek, leopard, pancake, radiated or Russian tortoises. It can be fed to chuckwalla and uromastyx lizards as well.
Key Points:
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High fiber and low starch levels - Supports healthy digestion
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Ground timothy grass hay is the first ingredient
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Contains vitamin A and vitamin E - For eye and skin health
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Natural source antioxidants
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Supports digestive health- Contains live probiotics
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No artificial colors
Ingredients:
Ground Timothy Hay, Ground Soybean Hulls, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Oat Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Cane Molasses, Dried Apple Pomace, Ground Flaxseed, Carrageenan, Ground Oats, Rice Flour, Wheat Germ, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Sucrose, Fructose, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Brewers Dried Yeast, Salt, L-Lysine, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, d-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Dried Bifidobacterium thermophilum Fermentation Product, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Biotin, Yucca schidigera Extract, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Acetate, Folic Acid, Manganous Oxide, Riboflavin Supplement, Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Carbonate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Rosemary Extract, Carotene, Citric Acid (a Preservative), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Nicotinic Acid, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate.
Feeding Directions:
Feed tortoises between 1 – 4% of their body weight per day.
A 10 lb. (4.5 kg) tortoise will typically consume between 1/2 cup (45 g) to 2 cups (180 g) per day depending on activity level, environmental temperatures, and life stage.
It is not necessary to moisten pellets with water. However, soaking the product may help to acclimate tortoises to the diet. If moistened, the diet should be replaced at least twice daily.
Provide good quality forage such as grass hay or browse and fresh, clean water daily.
Fresh fruits and vegetables may be provided, but at no more than 20% of the total diet.
Thoroughly wash feed and water bowls on a regular basis. It is always good practice to wash hands thoroughly after feeding and/or handling animals. This diet is not for human consumption.
Important: Always provide reptiles with adequate natural light or a light source that supplies sufficient UV radiation between the wavelengths of 280 and 315 nm. Proper humidity levels are also critical for health and growth of reptiles.
Storage Conditions:
For best results, reseal the bag between uses or store contents of open paper sack in container with sealing lid. Store in a cool (75⁰F/24⁰C or colder), dry (approximately 50% RH) location free from rodents and insects. Do not offer moldy or insect-infested feed to animals as it may result in illness, performance loss or death. Freezing will not harm the diet and may extend freshness. Use within 1 year of bag manufacturing or "Best if Used By" date.
