Zoo Med Natural Grassland Tortoise Food

85 year old Aunt Maggie had Knobby for 15 years in her yard in this High Desert town in the Southern Sierra mountains. When we moved him in the Fall of 2018, he came out in 2019 and after 2-3 weeks was seriously lacking strength and dragging his back legs. He also had a growth on his lip, that might have been herpes that we've read about. Worried about his nutrition we bought Zoo Med Tortoise food and added it to his greens. After a week or so he started standing up on his legs and showing signs of better health. Chewy was the only pet sales that had Tortoise food and we're so grateful they do. We fed him the wet mash smeared on his greens regularly and this spring he came out like his usual 85 year old Aunt Maggie had Knobby for 15 years in her yard in this High Desert town in the Southern Sierra mountains. When we moved him in the Fall of 2018, he came out in 2019 and after 2-3 weeks was seriously lacking strength and dragging his back legs. He also had a growth on his lip, that might have been herpes that we've read about. Worried about his nutrition we bought Zoo Med Tortoise food and added it to his greens. After a week or so he started standing up on his legs and showing signs of better health. Chewy was the only pet sales that had Tortoise food and we're so grateful they do. We fed him the wet mash smeared on his greens regularly and this spring he came out like his usual old self - up on all 4 legs. Today we're ordering another container. It lasts for a long time. … more

My Hermann's tortoise was eating a lot of grocery store greens but wasn't gaining much weight. I rescued him when he was 2. He had MBD and I had to do some quick research because I was a novice tort owner. Found these pellets and he's like a whole new tortoise! Once he started eating these, he gained weight, his body got stronger, and he was more energetic in general. The vet said his health improved greatly because of this food. I soak a handful of pellets overnight so that they're slightly mushy for his morning feeding and he absolutely loves it. Thank you, Zoo Med!

I followed the directions to soak and make a mash of this chow and my desert tortoise loves it! Highly recommend. Still trying to find the perfect tortoise friendly serving dish...

It smells great but my tortoise smelled it and walked away. Maybe other tortoises like it but mine wouldn’t touch it.

I’ve been feeding this to my sulcata tortoise for years. It’s nutritious and he eats it right up. I add some water to it to soften it up and usually mix it with lettuce or other veggies. He will eat it either way, alone or with veggies.

Best ingredients for grassland tortoises. All natural with correct levels of nutrients. Can be feed to all size tortoises...hatchlings to adults.. by soaking pellets first to create a mash ( I recommend soaking the pellets every feeding...never feeding dry for ease of eating and added hydration). Because the pellets are densely compressed they will require longer soaking times than other commercial diets that have more air in them. I’ve never had a problem ..with getting multiple species...to eat this diet. Zoomed comprises about 30% of my torts diet with greens/veggies and natural outdoor grazing rounding out the other 70%.

I have been a dt owner for nearly 8 years we have had ours since hatchlings this is the best stuff for them if you cant grow your own or to mix with some fresh stuff . Also wanted to add for anyone that needs /wants some tort advice or friends fb has plenty of groups for tort owners

This is an amazing price on the giant container for desert tortoises.

I recently became a legal custodian of a 3 year old native desert tortoise in Nevada. This brand of pellet was recommended by the local tortoise rescue and our exotic vet. After a few days, our little Shelby warmed up to her "mush", as we lovingly call it, and now scarfs down her breakfast each morning. I also love how it's 100% nutritionally complete. No need to add calcium, vit D, or other supplements to her diet and no wondering if I'm getting the correct ratio of dry grasses to greens right. Convenient and the healthiest option for your tort!

I adopted 2 five year old desert tortoises recently. They had been fed lettuce and soaked parrot biscuits since birth. I got this tortoise food as it's so much healthier than what they've been eating. It takes about 15 minutes to soak then I squeeze out the excess water. I had been mixing in smaller and smaller amounts of romain lettuce and those darn parrot biscuits into the tortoise food to interest them but now they really like the food by itself. That is their primary food along with munching on dandelions in the yard and other fresh greens as a treat here and there. I'm happy I found this food!