it's Mazuri day!

[nearpass]

I feed this once, occasionally twice a week, and it's always an exciting feeding day. These are a pair of hermanni hermanni.

 

[Meg90]

I love the first picture haha. It looks like the first tort threatened not to save the other any mazuri, so the tort in the back is shouting "Oh no you don't!" My younger torts love mazuri. It is tortoise cake.

 

[Yvonne G]

Isn't it funny how they can't go around. They have to climb over the top of the tortoise that is already in front of the food. Mine are like that too.

 

[Isa]

Really cute pics I do not know why but some tortoises love Mazuri sooo much

 

[Ozric]

Nice photos - the torts look keen on their dinner!

 

[dmmj]

They certainly seem to be enjoying it.

 

[terryo]

Those pictures are so cute. What is it with mazuri that they all go nuts over it?

 

[tortoisenerd]

It is slightly sweet and probably smells good to them? Tortoise crack cake. lol

 

[nearpass]

It is slightly sweet and probably smells good to them? Tortoise crack cake. lol

Whatever it is, about half of my box turtles love it too. They get it as an occasional treat to change things up a bit in their diet. It's strange that many of the turtles and most of the tortoises love it, but a few will have nothing to do with it. That's what I don't really understand.

 

[-EJ]

It might be sweet to them but if you taste it the diet is neither salty nor sweet.

It is slightly sweet and probably smells good to them? Tortoise crack cake. lol

 

[dmmj]

Great now I am hungry for a big bowl of mazuri.

 

[Stephanie Logan]

It's strange that many of the turtles and most of the tortoises love it, but a few will have nothing to do with it. That's what I don't really understand.

Taco heard that!

She wants me to tell you it is no mystery, that some tortoises simply have more discriminating taste!

 

[nearpass]

It's strange that many of the turtles and most of the tortoises love it, but a few will have nothing to do with it. That's what I don't really understand.

Taco heard that!

She wants me to tell you it is no mystery, that some tortoises simply have more discriminating taste!

Good on her Actually, I'm pretty sure I've read that tortoises really can't taste, that it's their sense of smell that's really important. I know mine can smell it if it's anywhere in the herp room and their heads pop up. Some torts perhaps don't have such a good sense of smell, or it just doesn't smell good to them.

 

[terryo]

Well, all my boxies love it and Chewy is starting to like it too. I have to take a Chewy picture with mazuri.

 

[Stephanie Logan]

Well, all my boxies love it and Chewy is starting to like it too. I have to take a Chewy picture with mazuri.

Tell her not to overdo! It may ruin her girlish figure.

 

[dmmj]

The best argument for tortoises not having taste buds is they eat their own poo. If they had taste buds I am sure they would not eat it, case closed.

 

[-EJ]

That's not really a good argument. They might taste things differently than we do.

The best argument for tortoises not having taste buds is they eat their own poo. If they had taste buds I am sure they would not eat it, case closed.

 

[Kayti]

That's not really a good argument. They might taste things differently than we do.

The best argument for tortoises not having taste buds is they eat their own poo. If they had taste buds I am sure they would not eat it, case closed.

Also, dogs have taste buds, and plenty of them eat poop!

 

[dmmj]

well, dogs are insane.

 

[-EJ]

I was affraid to ask this... but... does anyone really know what poo (edited by mod) tastes like... I really don't.

That's not really a good argument. They might taste things differently than we do.

The best argument for tortoises not having taste buds is they eat their own poo. If they had taste buds I am sure they would not eat it, case closed.

Also, dogs have taste buds, and plenty of them eat poop!