Mazuri is a soy and corn based product. These ingredients are cheap fillers that provide questionable nutritional value. No mass produced and packaged product can match the nutritive value provided by grasses and/or hay.



Timothy hay can comprise the majority of a Sulcatta's diet. It's a source of food that the animal can graze on at its liesure (if used as a substrate). It is best to use a variety of grasses, however, such as Oat hay, small amounts of Alfalfa, and others (http://www.oxbowhay.com). These grasses naturally posses the correct amounts of nutrients, and are closer to what the tortoise would naturally eat in it's native environment than either prepared foods or supermarket produce. They promote proper digestions and physical development as well. If you check you will find that this is what most zoos use for their large tortoises, regardless of what it says on the Mazuri website.

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