Just another opinion and perspective. We have a large colony of aldabra tortoises in Florida. Our tortoises are kept in a large field with natural grasses and weeds. We feed small amounts of Mazuri tortoise chow to our adult female breeders only during egg laying season. This has historically worked good for us and our program. All of the eggs are in perfect condition and hatchlings have been flawless. We have several juveniles that we have held back over the years and have never fed them any commercial chow of any sort, infact they roam their own small area and feed from the natural grass and weeds only. We do give them cactus pads some times. We have no pyramiding or unhealthy growth conditions at all. I also believe that our feeding standards are partially responsible for our consistant fertility within our breeding colony, at least with this species. Best to all, Greg at ALDABRAMANGREG@HTOMAIL.COM.

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