Mazuri Juvenile Tortoise Food, 8 Ounce (8 oz) Bag, for baby tortoises

Timothy hay is the base of this Mazuri juvenile tortoise food, which ships as one 8 ounce bag of extruded pellets. Grinding the hay into the pellet means each bite carries the hay along with the rest of the formula. Fiber runs high in this diet and starch runs low, and the particles are extruded smaller than Mazuri's other tortoise diets, which is the size the brand makes for young animals.

Which baby tortoises the pellets suit

On the brand's list of suitable baby tortoise types you will find the following: radiated, pancake, leopard, Greek, gopher, Galápagos, Egyptian, desert, Russian, sulcata, African spurred, Aldabra, red-footed, elongated, Indian star and Burmese tortoises. A tortoise outside those types is not one the brand names this bag for. Because the formula is a juvenile one, it is aimed at young tortoises rather than adults.

Particle size is the second thing to check. The pieces are smaller than those in Mazuri's other tortoise diets, the version the brand makes for young animals. One bag is one pack and holds 8 ounces.

What the pellets are like to feed

Instead of a loose mix, the bag holds extruded pellets, and the pieces are smaller than those of Mazuri's other tortoise diets. Each pellet carries the timothy hay base, so the hay arrives in the same bite as the rest of the formula. The bag is 8 ounces and is sold as a single pack, and it measures 15.2 x 7.6 x 19.7 cm.

Live probiotic cultures are in the pellets according to the manufacturer, and vitamins A and E are part of the formula. Fiber is high and starch is low in this diet. The bag colour is listed as multicolored.

Ingredients in the juvenile formula

Ground timothy hay is the first ingredient, followed by dehulled soybean meal, ground brown rice, ground soybean hulls, dehydrated alfalfa meal, soy protein concentrate, cane molasses, dried apple pomace, dried beet pulp, dicalcium phosphate, flaxseed, corn gluten meal, ground oats, oat hulls, wheat germ, carrageenan, calcium carbonate, sucrose, soybean oil, artificial flavors, salt, l-lysine, brewers dried yeast, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride and Lactobacillus acidophilus.

Timothy hay is the special ingredient the brand highlights, and vitamins A and E are among what the formula adds. Lactobacillus acidophilus is the live culture named in the ingredient list.

What should I check before ordering juvenile tortoise food?

How much food is in one bag?

One bag holds 8 ounces of pellets and is sold as a single pack. The bag measures 15.2 x 7.6 x 19.7 cm.

Which tortoise species does the brand list for this diet?

The brand's list runs from Burmese, Indian star, elongated, red-footed and Aldabra through African spurred, sulcata, Russian, desert, Egyptian and Galápagos to gopher, Greek, leopard, pancake and radiated tortoises. The diet is made for young tortoises of those types.

What form do the pellets come in?

The food is a pellet, extruded into particles smaller than Mazuri's other tortoise diets. The smaller pieces are the juvenile version of the diet.

What are the first ingredients in the formula?

Ground timothy hay comes first, then dehulled soybean meal, ground brown rice and ground soybean hulls. Timothy hay is also the special ingredient named for the diet.

Does the diet contain probiotics?

Live probiotic cultures are in the pellets according to the manufacturer. Lactobacillus acidophilus appears in the ingredient list.