Does Mazuri cause faster growth?

[MichaelL]

What are all your experiences with growth of your tortoise using mazuri as a staple? I'm thinking of buying some next summer and am curious about it. With just the variety of weeds I feed, my russians grow a growth line in the spring and not much the rest of the year. It would be nice if they grew faster so they could reach full size quickly.

 

[Tom]

I definitely see a correlation between feeding original Mazuri and faster growth. I would not use it as a staple. Once or twice a week is my preference.

 

[MichaelL]

I definitely see a correlation between feeding original Mazuri and faster growth. I would not use it as a staple. Once or twice a week is my preference.

Okay good to know, thanks.

 

[Tom]

Okay good to know, thanks.

There is an experiment I've always wanted to try. Feed a tortoise a good weedy high fiber diet with lots of variety, and also give it a small amount of Mazuri daily. Kind of like a little vitamin supplement. The amount I'm talking about would be the equivalent of one soaked pellet for a tortoise the size of an adult Russian. Seems like it would work well to me...

 

[MichaelL]

There is an experiment I've always wanted to try. Feed a tortoise a good weedy high fiber diet with lots of variety, and also give it a small amount of Mazuri daily. Kind of like a little vitamin supplement. The amount I'm talking about would be the equivalent of one soaked pellet for a tortoise the size of an adult Russian. Seems like it would work well to me...

Yeah that sounds like it would be great. So for buying mazuri when the time comes, do I have to get the 50 pounder?

 

[Srmcclure]

I give mine 2 pellets everyday along with mulberry, escarole, Dandelion, rose leaves and flowers, opuntia and tortoise supply hay, and Kapidolo stuff. Obviously I change it up with weeds and leaves, but they have been growing well ? plus they never realize I slipped other good stuff in there they don't like lol

 

[zovick]

Yeah that sounds like it would be great. So for buying mazuri when the time comes, do I have to get the 50 pounder?

There are lots of people who will sell less than 50 lbs of Mazuri. You just need to search for them. I have seen 1 lb. ziploc bags offered plus even smaller quantities. Why wait till next summer to buy it? Are you hibernating your tortoise? It seems there is still plenty of "eating time" left this year before that would even be a consideration.

I assume you want the original type. here are a couple links:

Mazuri Tortoise Diet (1/2 pound ) Reptile food | eBay

Mazuri Tortoise Diet. With a flavor your tortoise will love, you know they’ll be healthy and happy.

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Mazuri Tortoise Food Complete Diet. 1 pound. | eBay

This diet may be used with other herbivorous reptiles as well. Carefully balanced mineral levels including the Calcium/Phosphorus/Vitamin D3 triad. - High fiber level- More than enough dietary fiber to serve as either the main or the sole food item of your tortoise's diet.

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If you want the LS type, here it is:

Mazuri® Tortoise Diet LS ( Package from Bulk Into 1 lbs. Bag ) | eBay

<p>Mazuri Tortoise LS Diet ( Package from Bulk Into 1 lbs. Bag )</p><p>Bags are reusable!</p><br><p>Mazuri® Tortoise Diet is a low-starch, high-fiber tortoise food for dry land herbivorous tortoises such as gopher, sulcata and Galapagos tortoises. This tortoise food offers complete nutrition in...

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[Tom]

Yeah that sounds like it would be great. So for buying mazuri when the time comes, do I have to get the 50 pounder?

The big bags are 25 pounds. No need for that much for a single Russian. As Zovick said, you can get smaller bags. I think @TylerStewart sells it at tortoisesupply.com and he is a site sponsor here, and a friend. You can also order opuntia pads or his "herbal hay" topper stuff that is great. I mixed a big handful of it in to my tortoise food bucket today.

 

[Srmcclure]

Amazon also sells the smaller bags ?

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Yeah that sounds like it would be great. So for buying mazuri when the time comes, do I have to get the 50 pounder?

Shoot me a message if you just want to try a couple pounds first.

 

[MichaelL]

There are lots of people who will sell less than 50 lbs of Mazuri. You just need to search for them. I have seen 1 lb. ziploc bags offered plus even smaller quantities. Why wait till next summer to buy it? Are you hibernating your tortoise? It seems there is still plenty of "eating time" left this year before that would even be a consideration.

I assume you want the original type. here are a couple links:

Mazuri Tortoise Diet (1/2 pound ) Reptile food | eBay

Mazuri Tortoise Diet. With a flavor your tortoise will love, you know they’ll be healthy and happy.

www.ebay.com

Mazuri Tortoise Food Complete Diet. 1 pound. | eBay

This diet may be used with other herbivorous reptiles as well. Carefully balanced mineral levels including the Calcium/Phosphorus/Vitamin D3 triad. - High fiber level- More than enough dietary fiber to serve as either the main or the sole food item of your tortoise's diet.

www.ebay.com

1 LB Tortoise Chow & Cactus Combo Pack SHIPPED FREE | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1 LB Tortoise Chow & Cactus Combo Pack SHIPPED FREE at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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If you want the LS type, here it is:

Mazuri® Tortoise Diet LS ( Package from Bulk Into 1 lbs. Bag ) | eBay

<p>Mazuri Tortoise LS Diet ( Package from Bulk Into 1 lbs. Bag )</p><p>Bags are reusable!</p><br><p>Mazuri® Tortoise Diet is a low-starch, high-fiber tortoise food for dry land herbivorous tortoises such as gopher, sulcata and Galapagos tortoises. This tortoise food offers complete nutrition in...

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Alright thanks! Didn't realize there were so many in less quantities haha. Yeah I'm not gonna get the LS. I am going to hibernate them, I guess there is a lot of time, I may just get it soon. Thanks again.

 

[MichaelL]

Shoot me a message if you just want to try a couple pounds first.

Alright thanks haha. I may just use the links zovick sent, though. Thanks again.

 

[solidsounds17]

Interesting read. I have a 6 month old leopard only at 50g but I’ve never fed mazuri. I wonder if that’s why it’s been a slow grower.

 

[Srmcclure]

Interesting read. I have a 6 month old leopard only at 50g but I’ve never fed mazuri. I wonder if that’s why it’s been a slow grower.

Thats what got mine over the 60g hump. I was worried for a while so Tom suggested I get the original mazuri and he quickly started picking up the pace in his growth. I love it and my torties destroy it. Its like I'm feeding a bunch of football players with how they eat it lol

 

[ruthiepo]

There is an experiment I've always wanted to try. Feed a tortoise a good weedy high fiber diet with lots of variety, and also give it a small amount of Mazuri daily. Kind of like a little vitamin supplement. The amount I'm talking about would be the equivalent of one soaked pellet for a tortoise the size of an adult Russian. Seems like it would work well to me...

Hello Tom and other forum watchers,
This is exactly what I am doing with my two tortoises.
There is Pete, a one year old spur thighed and Terri, thirty odd years old Eastern Hermann's, who came to us from a farm park which was closing due to covid.
They have as many safe varieties of weeds and green veges as I can find, always checking with the Tortoise Table to be on the safe side, and they both relish a couple of dampened nutrazu tortoise diet pellets which I feed them by hand.
The baby comes running for his!
I'm told nutrazu is virtually the same as mazuri.
Terri roams freely as we have a walled garden and she has a cold frame in which she can bask in the UK sunshine, she isn't eating very much just now, spending more time hiding inside shrubs and sitting in the sun.
She also has a hutch so she is off the ground and shut in at night.
I get the feeling she is thinking about her winter sleep and I'm wondering how to manage this as it's the first autumn we have had her.
I've been told she previously just disappears and turns up again in the spring!
They have both gained weight this summer, little Pete has doubled his weight from 69 g to 133 g

 

[solidsounds17]

Thats what got mine over the 60g hump. I was worried for a while so Tom suggested I get the original mazuri and he quickly started picking up the pace in his growth. I love it and my torties destroy it. Its like I'm feeding a bunch of football players with how they eat it lol

I only tried feeding that lugarti torotoise but doesn’t really seem to interested in it. Need to start feeding mazuri and see if there’s any changes lol.

 

[Dlamonda]

What are all your experiences with growth of your tortoise using mazuri as a staple? I'm thinking of buying some next summer and am curious about it. With just the variety of weeds I feed, my russians grow a growth line in the spring and not much the rest of the year. It would be nice if they grew faster so they could reach full size quickly.

Tom on this forum recommends it. My Tort is sick and he told me to use those make them soggy.

 

[Tom]

Interesting read. I have a 6 month old leopard only at 50g but I’ve never fed mazuri. I wonder if that’s why it’s been a slow grower.

Mazuri can make them grow faster, but that is not why yours is growing slowly. You can grow them just fine and at a normal rate with no Mazuri ever.

 

[William Lee Kohler]

There are lots of people who will sell less than 50 lbs of Mazuri. You just need to search for them. I have seen 1 lb. ziploc bags offered plus even smaller quantities. Why wait till next summer to buy it? Are you hibernating your tortoise? It seems there is still plenty of "eating time" left this year before that would even be a consideration.

I assume you want the original type. here are a couple links:

Mazuri Tortoise Diet (1/2 pound ) Reptile food | eBay

Mazuri Tortoise Diet. With a flavor your tortoise will love, you know they’ll be healthy and happy.

www.ebay.com

Mazuri Tortoise Food Complete Diet. 1 pound. | eBay

This diet may be used with other herbivorous reptiles as well. Carefully balanced mineral levels including the Calcium/Phosphorus/Vitamin D3 triad. - High fiber level- More than enough dietary fiber to serve as either the main or the sole food item of your tortoise's diet.

www.ebay.com

1 LB Tortoise Chow & Cactus Combo Pack SHIPPED FREE | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1 LB Tortoise Chow & Cactus Combo Pack SHIPPED FREE at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

If you want the LS type, here it is:

Mazuri® Tortoise Diet LS ( Package from Bulk Into 1 lbs. Bag ) | eBay

<p>Mazuri Tortoise LS Diet ( Package from Bulk Into 1 lbs. Bag )</p><p>Bags are reusable!</p><br><p>Mazuri® Tortoise Diet is a low-starch, high-fiber tortoise food for dry land herbivorous tortoises such as gopher, sulcata and Galapagos tortoises. This tortoise food offers complete nutrition in...

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I recently got a 25 pound bag as it's much more economically practical than the small repackaged ones you can get. I think I bought it on Amazon.

 

[zovick]

I recently got a 25 pound bag as it's much more economically practical than the small repackaged ones you can get. I think I bought it on Amazon.

I believe the fellow who asked the question has only a single Russian Tortoise and wanted to buy a small amount, hence my response regarding the small bags. Tom had just recommended that he feed it 1 pellet daily in case you missed that. Even the 25 lb. bag would probably last him well over a year (and be well beyond the "sell by" date by the time he ran out of it).