For many years, decades in fact, we have been told that pyramiding is caused, at least in part, by too much protein in the diet. I've talked to a few very experienced tortoise keepers and most of them agree that the average tortoise out there probably does not get ENOUGH protein. We've all be programmed to be anti-protein for so long, that in my opinion, we've gone too far. Let my adult tortoises be an example. 12 year old male sulcatas at 48 and 41 pounds. There are six year olds on this forum bigger than that. They most certainly did not get too much protein growing up. In fact they got almost none except what was in their weeds, grass, cactus and leafy greens.
This is one reason why I've jumped on the Mazuri bandwagon. It ensures that they get some proper protein. Not too much, but at least some. Its a good way to deliver it too.
Now I'm not suggesting we start feeding chicken and dog food to our torts, I simply saying we may have gone too far in our quest to eliminate protein from the tortoise diet.
Did I ever mention the story of the gopher hunting sulcata here in CA or the finch hunting wild Galop?
This is one reason why I've jumped on the Mazuri bandwagon. It ensures that they get some proper protein. Not too much, but at least some. Its a good way to deliver it too.
Now I'm not suggesting we start feeding chicken and dog food to our torts, I simply saying we may have gone too far in our quest to eliminate protein from the tortoise diet.
Did I ever mention the story of the gopher hunting sulcata here in CA or the finch hunting wild Galop?