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Does anyone know the cheapest web site to order Mazuri tortoise food?
Thanks, Steve

Turtle Cafe is you best bet or find a feed store that carries it locally.
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Yeah, you can find it on junkfoodfortortoises.com.

Tortoisehead wrote:

"Yeah, you can find it on junkfoodfortortoises.com."

When Theresa was still with us and ran the Turtle Cafe quality, tortoises, and their keepers where first and foremost. Never would "junk food" be sold and all products sold of of the highest quality. This came from much research, knowledge, experience. I've started growing my own grasses and weeds as at least I will know the quality of what I grow. And this is thanks to Theresa for taking the time to teach me how.

I used to order my Mazuri online until I realized that many of the farm feed stores are able to provide this and the price is waaaaay cheaper. I just got a 25lb bag for $16.95 tx. I paid a lot more than that when I ordered 5lbs shipping online. As they used to say, "Let your fingers do the walking". Make some phonecalls. I keep it in the freezer and keep refilling my little 1lb canister in the cabinet. All my tortoises love this food and appear to be thriving without any negative (at least obvious) results.

Passport wrote:

"All my tortoises love this food and appear to be thriving without any negative (at least obvious) results."

Seems to me that even if there are no adverse effects that seem obvious, that in time once it becomes obvious things might be too late for the tortoises. Turtles and tortoises have a strange way of looking well and by the time things show up its often too late. Why not feed a diet that would be more natural like weeds, grasses, dark leafy greens, etc. It might be more effort than moitening pellets and tossing them in the enclosure, but its not a matter of convince for us keepers, but what is required by our tortoises.

I also grow grasses, dandelion, pasture mix and the like. Offer Collard and fruit with every meal. I don't rely on this commercial product for complete diet. I look at it like "bread" with the meal and I would miss it if it were not available.

Let us all bow in your infinate wisdom!!!! For you are the Tortoise god!!! You are so deserving to cut other people down.
--Someone lesser than you

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