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-EJ
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RE: Commercial diets? and other food Q's
There seems to be a few points here.
To the OP... get a house and let the tortoise roam. RFs are well established in the Carrib.
I'm sorry... feed it grasses.
Your comment is an obvious slant on your opinion.
Again... I don't have a clue.
Ed, you're I think you are missing the point here. This person is living on a Carribean island, an independent nation with import duties ect, who can not depend on a constant source vegetibles in the grocery and can't afford to ship in petfood not in wide demand in this culture. She is trying to find local sources of food for her Redfoot tortoise. I am trying to help her find some. Now one thing I do want to point out is this island, St. Kitts, has supported Redfoot tortoises for approximately 400 years longer than Purina Mills (Mazuri) has been in existence. The food is there, she just needs to recognize it.
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Redfootedboxturtles
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If its rice mixed with nuts and fruit I doubt it is a cooked item. More like a trail mix. At least thats what I thought when I read it. Doesnt seem like they can keep cooked rice as a packaged item.
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and you know this is bad for the tortoise... how?
If its rice mixed with nuts and fruit I doubt it is a cooked item. More like a trail mix. At least thats what I thought when I read it. Doesnt seem like they can keep cooked rice as a packaged item.
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Its makes birds explode. Or is that just a myth.
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the nuts or the rice????
I really don't know how to respond to this.
Anyway... I use Mazuri with remarkable results... the rice and the nuts... another story which I know nothing about.
Its makes birds explode. Or is that just a myth.
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I'm a very strong advocate of Mazuri tortoise diet.
What's interesting about this thread is that the OP is probably more qualified to answer their own question than anyone else who has posted.
I've tried to look into nutrition to see if I could figure it out... I gave up. I decided to trust those who really do know what they are talking about.
I have a Rottie (I know... not a tortoise) who gets fed an exclusively pelleted diet... IAMS... She is 10 and looks like 5 years old.
There are a few species of tortoises that I feed the Mazuri diet exclusively... the results are amazing.
Hey... I'm a simple minded person... results I can understand... theory... is just that... theory.
What's really ironic is those against commercial diets have never used it themselves for any length of time. Those that have used the stuff are usually supporters of these diets.
I couldn't agree with you more. Throwing a few flowers and some fruit du jour is an over simplification of feeding a tortoise.
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