Mazuri Tortoise LS Diet is a high fiber diet specially tailored to dry land herbivorous tortoises such as Gopher, Sulcata and Galapagos tortoises; however it may also be suitable for other herbivorous reptiles.
This low starch diet offers tortoises the balanced nutrition they require for eye, skin and GI tract health, normal growth and immunity support. Antioxidants as well as vitamins A and E will contribute to overall wellbeing of their immune systems.
Contents
Grass-Based Hay
Grass-based hay is designed to mimic tortoises’ natural forage diet and provides plenty of fiber. Timothy, orchard grass and bermuda grass hays provide ample nutrition while still meeting energy density requirements; typically offering lower protein and higher fiber contents than legume-based hays such as alfalfa.
Feeding young horses requires careful monitoring of protein and caloric intake from hay as too much may lead to developmental orthopedic diseases like splints. Alfalfa hay should ideally be cut during or shortly before bloom for maximum nutrient content.
Mazuri low-starch tortoise food features grass-based hay and other nutrient-rich plant material to provide your tortoise with a complete diet, while live probiotics help promote digestive health.
Live Probiotics
Tortoises in their natural state feed on grasslands for various plants, fruits and vegetables; as pets they can be fed commercial foods combined with leafy greens, fruit and animal products for an excellent diet.
Studies have established the correlation between probiotic bacteria and healthy guts. Bifidobacterium lactis probiotics may help ease yeast infections while simultaneously strengthening immunity, aiding digestion and decreasing heart disease risk.
Mazuri’s Low Starch Tortoise Food provides optimal nutrition for tortoises in pellet form for easy digestion and contains yucca to minimize ammonia odor.
Vitamin A
Tortoises require this essential vitamin as part of their daily diet to support eye, skin, and gastrointestinal tract health. Our low-starch pellets provide ample amounts of this nutrient to support natural reptile growth.
Tortoises thrive in various habitats across the world, from harsh desert environments to lush tropical forests teeming with life. Tortoises use their unique eyesight to forage for food day and night; using it even during low light levels!
Our tortoise diet is specifically formulated to meet the nutritional requirements of herbivorous tortoises like gopher, sulcata and Galapagos tortoises as well as herbivorous reptiles such as gophers. With extruded pellet form packaging that minimizes waste while creating a more natural feeding experience.
Vitamin E
Tortoises are flexible eaters that take advantage of opportunities when foraging for food, consuming everything from leaves and grasses to grasshoppers, mushrooms, fruits, flowers and animal matter. Their powerful senses of smell and sight help them find these items when out searching.
Tortoises must spend much of their day searching for food, using their shell as protection from predators like birds and other reptiles. Unfortunately, due to being slow moving reptiles they still are vulnerable to natural enemies like birds and other reptiles that feed on tortoises.
Mazuri tortoise diet contains chelated minerals, vitamins and natural plant and animal ingredients designed to support proper nutrition for herbivorous tortoises such as gopher, sulcata and Galapagos tortoises as well as chuckwalla and uromastyx lizards. With extruded pellet form for waste minimization and more natural feeding environments.
Vitamin C
Tortoises spend much of their time foraging for food in the wild. Slow moving and dependent upon their environment for body temperature regulation, tortoises will seek out sunlight in order to warm themselves while seeking shade to cool themselves down. Their sense of smell and sight help them discover an array of proteins, fruits, fungi, vegetables and even animal matter in their habitats.
Pet owners must create the optimal environment for their tortoises to remain happy and healthy, similar to what nature provides them with. Mazuri Tortoise Diet was specifically developed for dry land herbivorous tortoises such as gopher, sulcata, and Galapagos tortoises, with an extruded pellet form designed to minimize waste while creating more natural feeding environment; its low starch formula supports eye, skin, GI tract health as well as normal growth rates.
