Mazuri 5E5L Tortoise Diet

Food so delicious your tortoise will come running. Put your mealtime worries behind you – our low-starch pellets contain the optimal nutrition tortoises need to support eye, skin, GI tract health, and normal growth. And with a flavor your tortoise will love, you know they’ll be healthy and happy.

Best Fed To: Mazuri® Low Starch Tortoise food is best for arid-zone and grassland herbivorous tortoises and lizards such as the Aldabra, African Spurred/Sulcata, Desert, Egyptian, Galapagos, Gopher, Greek, Leopard, Pancake, Radiated or Yellow-Footed tortoise, as well as Chuckwalla and Uromastyx lizards.

• High fiber level and Low Starch – Grass hay based diet.
• Contains vitamins A and vitamin E – For eye and skin health.
• Contains live probiotics  – Helps support gastrointestinal health.
• No artificial colors.

Product Form:  Extruded pellet:  1/4″ x 1/2″ length.

Ingredients : Ground Timothy Hay, Ground Soybean Hulls, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Oat Hulls, Dehulled Soybean Meal, 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, Beta Carotene, Citric Acid (a Preservative), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Nicotinic Acid, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate.

Feeding guide :

• Feed tortoises approximately 1-4% of 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. Proper
  humidity levels are also critical for health and proper growth of herbivorous reptiles.
• Fresh fruits and vegetables may be provided, but at no more than 20% of the total diet.
• Thoroughly wash feeding and watering bowls on a regular basis. It is always good practice to
  wash hands thoroughly after feeding and/or handling pets. This diet is not for human
  consumption.

IMPORTANT: A feeding program is only as effective as the management practices followed. Always provide reptiles with adequate natural light or a light source which supplies sufficient UV radiation between the wavelengths of 280 and 315 nm.

Storage Conditions
For best results store contents of open paper sack in container with sealing lid. Store in a cool (75°F or colder), dry (approximately 50% RH) location. Freezing will not harm the diet and may extend freshness. Use within 1 year of bag manufacturing.