Often one of the hardest things to do is admit, after consistently professing something, that you were wrong. But that's the way herpetology and other sciences work. That's why we no longer believe that the sun rotates around the Earth. Just in the same way I feel like tortoise keepers will start to realize that pyramiding is not caused by quick growth Always have to toss in my 2 cents...until I am proven wrong at least. My belief on the protein debate is that the hastened growth simply makes pyramiding appear more rapidly, but I place the cause of pyramiding on humidity/hydration. But I am no expert. Just a guy with some tortoises.



I enjoy reading your posts, and though I don't feed Mazuri to my russians or my redfoot, I am planning on giving it a try in the near future. I can't see myself using it as a complete diet, but I can understand where it would come in handy with large tortoises that would, as you have illustrated, annihilate the produce department. being able to buy 25lb bags of the stuff has to be a bit easier (on you and your refrigerator). I feel like it would be good for my small collection to have it on hand since there are times in the winter when conditions are bad and either I cannot make it to the grocery store, or the produce cannot make it there.

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