Mazuri Tortoise LS Diet

Description

• Low Starch Tortoise Diet.
• Used by Zoos Worldwide.
• Designed to be fed alongside fresh fruit/vegetables.
• Enticing smell to attract even the pickiest feeders.
• Contains ground Timothy Hay, a favourite of grassland tortoises.
• High fibre & low starch levels.
• Natural source of antioxidants
• Low in fat
• Supports digestive health- Contains live probiotics
• No added colours or artificial flavours.
• Source vitamin E and vitamin A.
• Suitable for arid-zone and grassland herbivorous tortoises, such as Horsfields, Hermann’s, Spur Thigh, Sulcata, Radiated, Aldabrans, Leopard etc.
• Also suitable for arid-zone herbivorous lizards like Chuckwalla and Uromastyx sp.
• Sold in a 750g bag or 11.33Kg sack.

Mazuri is an American company founded in 1989 by a group of animal nutritionists with an interest in exotics. They worked alongside Zoo professionals to produce complete, balanced nutritional diets for the wide variety of animals in their care. Mazuri products are now a critical component in the diet of millions of animals in more than 1,600 zoological institutions and countless homes around the world.

Mazuri Tortoise LS Diet is so delicious your tortoise will come running. Mazuri’s low-starch (LS) pellets contain the optimal nutrition your tortoise requires for healthy growth, development and well-being. This pellet has high fibre and contains live probiotics to support gastric health. With an added natural flavour 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.

Feeding Directions:

• Feed tortoises approximately 1-4% of body weight per day. This diet should be provided to tortoises at 80% or more of their daily intake.
• Feed consumption will vary with environmental temperatures, level of activity and animal lifestage.
• It is not necessary to moisten pellets with water. However, soaking the product may help to acclimate tortoises to the diet.
• Feed with good quality grass hay, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Use at most 5% fruit and 20% vegetables by weight of total diet.
• Always provide animal with plenty of fresh, clean water. Proper humidity levels are also critical for health and proper growth of herbivorous tortoises.

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.