Mazuri dry

[scottishscott]

Folks Rhino is now 6 months old. When can I start offering him dry Mazuri and ZM Grassland?

 

[wellington]

I'm not sure anyone gives it dry. However, 6months is still young. I have a two year old leopard that still gets it wet.

 

[scottishscott]

Ok, I thought I had read somewhere that they could eat it dry. Thanks for the info

 

[theelectraco]

They can eat it dry, from what I have seem tho, most won't. I have seen a few members who feed dry but they had very large tortoises.

 

[Lancecham]

I feed mazuri to both my adults, juveniles and babies wet. The adults will still eat it dry, but they won't eat it as enthusiatically. My smaller sulcatas about up to 9 inches won't eat the Mazuri dry.

 

[jaizei]

You can start feeding it dry whenever you like. For smaller tortoises break/grind it up.

 

[Tortoise]

I Once talked to a nutritionist at Mazuri and they said it was good to give dry as it didn't mould and deteriorate that way , can be left with tortoises longer than if moistened but my species are all too small to manage it dry unless I ground it down.
Wet Mazuri is working well for us at this time.I like the fact they are getting more moisture too this way.

 

[EricIvins]

I use dry Mazuri all the time for hatchling/juvie Tortoises. Every other feeding..........Adults are fed completely dry unless it rains......

 

[Len B]

I feed it both ways, For the smaller tortoises to feed it dry I use pliers and gently squeeze until the piece of mazuri breaks into several pieces, doing this gives the smaller ones a edge to work on instead of trying to pick at the round piece, I believe it also helps to keep the beak from over growing. the small dust like residue that is there after breaking the mazuri I just sprinkle on their greens.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

I've never fed dry. I soak mine until it can become mush. I've never had a mold issue with it in that I don't feed too much to be eaten at once. My concern with feeding it dry, would be the unscientific belief that dry would absorb moisture from the intestinal tract. I have nothing to back this up, other than a “gut" feeling.

 

[DesertGrandma]

I've never fed dry. I soak mine until it can become mush. I've never had a mold issue with it in that I don't feed too much to be eaten at once. My concern with feeding it dry, would be the unscientific belief that dry would absorb moisture from the intestinal tract. I have nothing to back this up, other than a “gut" feeling.

I wondered this same thing. I give my yearlings and 2 year juvenile moist Mazuri. However....I have seen people give it dry so I thought I would give it a try. I put two dry pellets into the 2 year olds food, and it disappeared. So guess he liked it that way.

 

[Laura]

I always feed it dry. But my guys are big and always have access to water.

 

[wellington]

I don't have a bag on hand. But I thought it was recommended to serve it moistened. I never have a mold problem either. If a piece does get left behind and it does get hard from the lights/heat, my Leo won't touch it. Even if a part of a nugget is a little less soft then the rest, he won't eat it.

 

[EricIvins]

I've never fed dry. I soak mine until it can become mush. I've never had a mold issue with it in that I don't feed too much to be eaten at once. My concern with feeding it dry, would be the unscientific belief that dry would absorb moisture from the intestinal tract. I have nothing to back this up, other than a “gut" feeling.

The pieces would be broken down before they touch the intestinal tract. Even if the animal was chronically dehydrated, the little bit of dry food they ingest is not going to furthur dehydrate the animal. At that point, digestion in itself would be hard on the renal system, but it wouldn't matter if that was dry mazuri or watermelon.......

 

[Weda737]

I like to moisten it just enough that it's soft all the way through but doesn't turn to mush if you touch it, seems my sully likes it this way too. Those Marion Red sticks though, he took one I just dipped in water for a sec and sucked the whole thing down. It was still crunchy. I guess grinding it up for a little one would be a good idea if they don't get to graze outside, it could be good for the beak.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

I used to soak my Mazuri all the way through..but now i just barely moisten it.
My Tort is 11 months.

It seems like the answer to your question could be "you can feed it dry now"