Extra growth

[TortoiseBoy1999]

Hey everyone! I am a soon to be sulcata owner and my friend asked me: Are you going to do that thing when you feed your sulcata a certain food and they get extra big? So I said: what thing? And he said: you can look it up on the Internet. So my question is does anyone know what he is talking about?

 

[Tom]

If you feed straight Mazuri every day, your tortoise will grow faster than average. I don't recommend this.

 

[TortoiseBoy1999]

If you feed straight Mazuri every day, your tortoise will grow faster than average. I don't recommend this.

Ok I won't do it.

 

[pugsandkids]

Feeding Mazuri every few days is good though!

 

[Vishnu2]

Tom: Why does feeding Mazuri cause them to grow faster and what have you based this on? Just curious..

 

[ascott]

http://www.mazuri.com/mazuritortoisediet.aspx

This will allow you to educate yourself as to what is in the commercial food...this way you can decide a bit better if this is what you want to include in your food offerings.....

 

[Tortoise Hub]

Many owners feed mazuri everyday and I'm one of them. But I also have plenty of other stuff planted that they can graze on so there not eating strictly mazuri. Your friend may be referring to monkey biscuits because I have heard of people giving that to their torts to make them grow faster.

 

[AustinASU]

Anything high in protein will make a sulcuta grow faster....but you risk MBD and kidney failure......so base the diet on 70% grass and 30% on like dandelions, thornless cactus pads ( easy to grow, just order online), and dark leafy vegetables......no cabbage or broccoli.

 

[TortoiseBoy1999]

Where can I get mazuri?

 

[Tortoise Hub]

Where can I get mazuri?

You can get it online or maybe a pet store not named petsmart or petco will have it in stock. If you have a stock shop nearby they should have it available.

 

[Dizisdalife]

If cared for properly a sulcata will grow very large without any extra growth foods.

 

[TortoiseBoy1999]

If cared for properly a sulcata will grow very large without any extra growth foods.

Oh ok cool! I LOVE how some people's Sulcata's shells (like yours) are black. How do you do that?!

 

[Blakem]

Where can I get mazuri?

I bought 2 pounds of mazuri from tortoisecafe.com for 7.99