My daughter seems to love most what it the least valuable food for her. And to be honest,- I LOVE cookies.

Does this mean, that they are good for me?



This is not meant to be an offence at all, but just because a human or an animal develops a taste for a food, simply doesn't mean, that it is also good for the individual.



I also wonder, if one reason for using Mazuri in zoos might be, that it is so convenient to feed. When I spend an hour washing salads and greens, cutting them up and preparing fruits and supplements to make a 'salad' for my little guys, I sometimes wonder, how long it takes people, who have many tortoises of different species, to prepare all the meals...

From a purely scientific standpoint (sorry,- my job...) I would love to see a liver- and kidney status of tortoises, that are mainly herbivorous and have been fed Mazuri over a larger number of years. It will be very interesting, once some keepers on this forum will have used it long enough, to have an impact on a tortoises overall lifespan, to see the longterm results (also in terms of longer-term follow up on the development of resulting hatchlings).

I think, that at that point we will have advanced to having actual knowledge about this diet, and this will be very interesting for the keepers community and very beneficial to many tortoise lifes...



Gaby

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