The_Four_Toed_Edward
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I have been feeding these hay pellets to my Russian tortoise as a fiber supplementation to his food at least 3 times a week. I have ordered some Agrobs Testudo Fibre for him to replace these hay pellets. I am just wondering, can I feed him the rest of the hay pellets or should I toss them as unsuitable for for tortoises? When I bought them, I was mostly focused on the Ca/P ratio and the amount of fiber. I also made sure online that none of the ingredients used on the hay pellets were toxic. But the packaging mentioned some ingredients not mentioned online, plus I don't know what the MOS stands for. These are a local brand here in Finland, so I thought it is the best to post the list of ingredients on the packaging and let you decide whether I should toss it or not. Remember that English is not my native language and I translated this myself
Contents (In order from largest quantity to smallest):
Hay flour, oats, molasses, soybean meal, wheat bran, vitamin and trace element blend, calcium carbonate, mono-calcium phosphate, vegetable oil, magnesium oxide, sodium chloride, MOS, Yucca Shidigera
Nutritional composition:
Crude protein 12,5 %
Crude fat 3,9 %
Crude fiber 14,9 %
Ash 7,9 %
Calcium 8,6 g/kg
Phosphorus 4,7 g/kg
(Ca/P=1,8)
Sodium 1,9 g/kg
Magnesium 2,2 g/kg
Iron 0,3 g/kg
Additives:
Vitamin A 9500 IU/kg
Vitamin D3 1000 IU/kg
Vitamin E 70 mg/kg
Vitamin C 30 mg/kg
Biotin 0,5 mg/kg
Betaine 150 mg/kg
Manganese oxide 70 mg/kg
Zinc oxide 40 mg/kg
Copper sulfate 9 mg/kg
Potassium iodide 0,45 mg/kg
Sodium selenite 0,2 mg/kg
Contents (In order from largest quantity to smallest):
Hay flour, oats, molasses, soybean meal, wheat bran, vitamin and trace element blend, calcium carbonate, mono-calcium phosphate, vegetable oil, magnesium oxide, sodium chloride, MOS, Yucca Shidigera
Nutritional composition:
Crude protein 12,5 %
Crude fat 3,9 %
Crude fiber 14,9 %
Ash 7,9 %
Calcium 8,6 g/kg
Phosphorus 4,7 g/kg
(Ca/P=1,8)
Sodium 1,9 g/kg
Magnesium 2,2 g/kg
Iron 0,3 g/kg
Additives:
Vitamin A 9500 IU/kg
Vitamin D3 1000 IU/kg
Vitamin E 70 mg/kg
Vitamin C 30 mg/kg
Biotin 0,5 mg/kg
Betaine 150 mg/kg
Manganese oxide 70 mg/kg
Zinc oxide 40 mg/kg
Copper sulfate 9 mg/kg
Potassium iodide 0,45 mg/kg
Sodium selenite 0,2 mg/kg