Since both Mazuri and zoo med have yeast and cintrinc acid, I guess they are something required or byproduct to make the pellets? Not sure. For China cassia bark, Garlic and Juniper, I don't know. They are obviously some plant extracts and should be easily removed from the food. I think zoo med...
I checked my Mazuri ingredients. It indeed also has yeast and cintric acid. But it doesn't have juniper and China cassia bark. I also checked Juniper in tortoise table and it is indeed toxic to tortoise.
But I do like zoo med tortoise food for its high fiber. I may still feed but less amount...
Are there any recommended tortoise medical insurance? Or you just pay out of pocket? I got an old tortoise (believed 40-50 years old) and it may need to go to vet regularly. Just want to know how we usually do the medical stuff for the tortoise
I saw the pictures posted by most of the breeders online are like this. If the females laid tens of eggs, i think it will be hard for the breeder to host each separately in a large enclosure.
I saw several ants in the tortoise outdoor enclosure. Some of them are even in the tortoise shell and legs. Will that be harmful to tortoise? Should I use some ants killer liquid to kill the ants?
I feel this is some common knowledge for most of tortoises (not only specifically 1-2 kinds of tortoise cannot eat higher protein and high phosphorus food) other than Redfoot and yellow foot so I am interested in why
I read many articles which says tortoise needs low protein food. Also the calcium to phosphorus ratio should be high. But I am not able to find any explanation. Maybe this is some common knowledge to tortoise keeper so it doesn’t need to explain. But I am still curious what’s wrong with the...