Mazuri Low Starch Tortoise Food - Low Starch Tortoise Diet - 12 oz-25 lb

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 Low Starch Tortoise food 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 Benefits: High fiber and low starch levels - Supports healthy digestionGround timothy grass hay is the first ingredientContains vitamin A and vitamin E - For eye and skin healthNatural source antioxidantsContains live probiotics - Supports digestive healthNo artificial colorsItem Number: 5255228Brand: MazuriFood Type: PelletBreed Size: Arid-zone and grassland herbivorous tortoises and lizardsNutritional Option: High fiber and low starch levelsHealth Consideration: Supports healthy digestion Weight: 25 lb, 400 ozNUTRITIONAL INFORMATION Ingredients: Ground Timothy Hay, Ground Soybean Hulls, Dried Beet Pulp, Oat Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Ground Oats, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Cane Molasses, Dried Apple Pomace, Wheat Germ, Flaxseed, Ground Aspen, Carrageenan, Ground Brown Rice, Dicalcium Phosphate, Soybean Oil, Artificial Flavor, Calcium Carbonate, Brewers Dried Yeast, Salt, L-Lysine, Dl-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Biotin, Dried Yucca Shidigera Extract, Cholecalciferol, Beta Carotene, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source Of Vitamin K), Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Riboflavin, Sucrose, Fructose, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Nicotinic Acid, Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Bifidobacterium Thermophilum Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Copper Sulfate, Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Torula Dried Yeast, Natural Mixed Tocopherols (A Preservative), Citric Acid, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Rosemary Extract, Zinc Oxide, Lecithin, Ferrous Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate Guaranteed Analysis: Crude protein not less than12.00% Crude fat not less than4.00% Crude fiber not less than18.00% Crude fiber not more than22.00% Dietary starch not more than7.00% Moisture not more than12.00% Ash not more than8.90% Vitamin A not less than7,000 IU/kg Vitamin E not less than250 IU/kg Total Microorganisms not less than270,000 CFU/g FEEDING INSTRUCTIONSFeed 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 life stage. 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. If desired, feed 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.* *Relevant research information: Wiesner, C.S. and C. Iben, 2003. Influence of environmental humidity and dietary protein on pyramidal growth of carapaces in African spurred tortoises (Geochelone sulcate). JAPAN. 87:66-74. 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, reseal the bag between uses or store contents of open paper sack in container with sealing lid. Store in a cool (75 degrees F/24oC 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.