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I know a lot of folks use the Mazuri tortoise diets, myself included. However I recently noticed that there are a lot of similarities with other grazing animal feeds.
For example, consider bluebonnet feeds - performance plus complete (info below). This is a horse feed but seems to look pretty good for grassland- type tortoises and has a good Ca/P ratio.
Horse feeds are much cheaper but I’m honestly not all that cost driven. I tried to switch from Mazuri to Mazuri LS but I find that the LS diet pellets are rock hard and i’m looking for other options.
Any thoughts?
Ingredients
For example, consider bluebonnet feeds - performance plus complete (info below). This is a horse feed but seems to look pretty good for grassland- type tortoises and has a good Ca/P ratio.
Horse feeds are much cheaper but I’m honestly not all that cost driven. I tried to switch from Mazuri to Mazuri LS but I find that the LS diet pellets are rock hard and i’m looking for other options.
Any thoughts?
Ingredients
- Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Rice Hulls, Ground Corn, Rice Bran, Soybean Meal, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, Bentonite, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Yeast Culture, L-Lysine, Magnesium Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Add Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Product, Potassium Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Cobalt Chloride, Niacin Supplement, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Roughage Products 32% Maximum.
Guaranteed Analysis | |
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Crude Protein | 12.0% min |
Crude Fat | 3.5% min |
Crude Fiber | 29.0% max |
Calcium | 1.45% min |
Phosphorus | 0.45% min |
Selenium | 0.30 ppm |
Copper | 25 ppm |
Manganese | 100 ppm |
Magnesium | 0.2% min |
Zinc | 100 ppm |
Vitamin A | 3,000 IU/lb min |
Vitamin D | 500 IU/lb min |
Vitamin E | 50 IU/lb min |