20 Best Tortoises For Pets (2022 Updated)

My Mediterranean Tortoises love these pellets. I’m glad to see that pork has been removed from the ingredient list. I suspect they love this because of the cane sugar. I lightly moisten the pellets with water before feeding.

My only concerns are the first ingredient is soy hulls as opposed to the long fiber e. g. grass hay; and cane sugar is included. Mazuri also offers a timothy hay version called Tortoise LS but in the past my tortoises wouldn’t eat the LS version.

This is their favorite pelleted diet of all the pellets I’ve tried.

My Hermann’s tortoises are fed Mazuri tortoise diet and greens. They are healthy with great growth. The babies are so healthy and grow at a great rate. The shop that usually takes the babies (I can’t keep them all) always comments on how healthy they are and how active they are.

This is a great product. Also, Chewy was amazing at providing great support when my first shipment was sent to the wrong address because I typed it in wrong. Even though the error was mine, they immediately reshipped to the correct address.

I can’t remember ever getting this extremely awesome level of customer service. Thank you Chewy!.

I used to be a huge fan of this box, but not anymore. The clasps for the top break so easy. The bottom is always very flimsy. When I got these boxes years ago, the quality was definitely better. Disappointed.

Smells like dry cat or dog food and our box turtles do not eat it. They are outside in ‘wild’ habitat and catch bugs. We also feed them worms, slugs etc. and hard boiled egg whites. I even let them bite my finger to get it in their mouth – to taste it, but they do NOT want it.

I will be buying dried meal worms instead. I would say tortoises from a pet store would like these, they are used to them.

2 red earred sliders that are the pickiest eaters ever!! They like to be fed by hand and I can no longer get Wardley treats. I got these because they are about the same size as the treats so I can hold them.

They are a little to hard for them to eat so I have to let them float to soften. They will eat after sitting in the water. I realize they are for tortoise.

First, I did not realize this was such a big container. Second, I did not realize the pieces were so big. My red-foot tortoise does not even like it. I tried it both dry and wet. I get so tired of wasting money but it is such a hit and miss with what I feed him.

Maybe he has gotten so used to eating fresh food that jarred or packaged food no longer appeals to him. But I wanted this as a backup for when I don’t have the fresh food available for him.

I bought a bag of what I THOUGHT was tortoise food and it was turtle food, there is a difference and it’s important. I wrote a review saying I made a mistake but that you needed to be careful with the descriptions.

Chewy responded immediately (that wasn’t the point of my review, the mistake was mine. ) and replaced the food with what I really needed! The food, regardless if it is Tortoise food (my Clyde, a desert Sulcata, LOVES this brand!) chicken feed, pig food or dog and cat food seems always fresh.

I buy toys, treats, supplement and medication through Chewy. I use auto ship because it saves me a little money and it comes right to the door. The boxes are great for moving too.

Bought this 25 lb bag for my tortoises. I have 5 sulcatas, 4 leapords, 2 redfoots, and 3 russian tortoises, all from a wide variety of age ranges. NONE of them will touch this stuff. I’ve tried soaking it, grinding it, mixing with their regular diet, tried not feeding them for a day to see if they will get hungry enough to eat it.

nope. They ain’t gonna touch it. I’m left with a very expensive bag of chicken feed. Try a small portion before you purchase a big bag. The chewy website was great though. Easy and very fast delivery.

I ordered this tortoise food for about $9 not quite 2 weeks ago. I’m going to lead by saying that as most reptile owners know, 2 weeks is considered to be a MINIMUM acclimation period with any new changes to a reptiles habitat or diet so while normally they would’ve eaten a new food by now if they liked it, it IS still possible that they eat it in the next few weeks.

Now that that’s out of the way, I will say that I feel like $9 is pretty steep for the amount that you get in the bag. The ingredients are great but from my perspective, that’s uncharacteristically high for Chewy.

Nonetheless, I’ve had great experiences with the brand Mazuri so I got it anyhow. Opened the package, it smelled great to me (think fresh grass/ hay/ plant type smell) and there was minimal dust. It was exactly as advertised in regards to packaging and contents.

I tried serving it dry first, but my little shelled ones had no interest. Fast forward to 4 days later, I try moistening it as instructed by the bag but still no interest. In fact when it was wet they buried it, which was more comical than anything.

Long story short, decent product, but either my shell babies are picky or the pellets just don’t taste great to them. I will also add that I was using this as PART of a balanced diet and NOT the only item offered, as I’m sure all owners do.

Worth trying and will keep offering until it’s gone, but likely won’t buy again.

This terrarium is a good starter for our two tortoises. It is lightweight, accessible to take care of and clean. It was simple to put together. It gives them shade or sunlight as they choose. The screen on top of the open air side keeps birds or predators out.

For a year or two it will be a good choice for them. I do recomend this product.

This is a gift. It is good quality and arrived quickly! The price was right too!! Its the perfect home for my daughters new friend! Thank you, Wayfair!

We have a very happy bearded dragon! Good quality, great price. You really can’t go wrong with this. This was our first purchase with Wayfair and we’ll be coming back for sure!

This is such a great book. I am learning so much about turtles and tortoises. i read it all the time. the pictures are gorgeous. I have turtles all my life and recently had a tortoise. Thank you for such a great and learning book about these magical creatures.

A very informative and well laid out book. Could have done with more colour photos however the black and white sketches do go well with the text. Another criticism I do have is that the Turtle and Tortoise info is all mixed up, rather than being divided into seperate areas.

It is rare that you would end up looking to buy or own both a Turtle and a Tortoise at the same time! Recommend this book to anyone that is completely clueless and needs to begin from scratch.

SUPER informative. Very helpful. This book is THE ONE, the best !

Northern parrots as always have given excellent service. Ordered online normal 3-5 day delivery and it arrived in two. E mails advised despatch and we could track so not inconvenienced waiting in for the delivery when didnt need to.

With regards to the food our 47 year old 9 inch long fussy spur thigh tortoise loves the food. We do feed this to him after soaking in warm water,not boiling for around 15 mins, just put a layer in a flat bottomed dish and completely cover with the warm water.

Once soaked the pellets become soft, the texture of a sponge. The food retains its shape and does not fall apart to be fed either by hand or in a dish, throw away any uneaten food the same day as it quickly goes off once soaked.

The makers do not recommend this method but we find it works for us. This is the third year he has been having this food alongside other fresh food, dandelions, baby runner bean leaves, strawberries etc.

he also has access to grass and fresh water in a sunken terracota plant dish about 12 inches across and 2inches deep which he both drinks from and bathes in and is thriving. We do also feed a supplement near to time when he hibernates.

Until northern parrots started supplying this food we struggled to get it either locally or online, so thank you.

This product was recommended to us many years ago by the Tortoise Hospital run by the Tortoise Trust. Its the only pellet food that any of my tortoises will eat and they love it. I only feed it once a week the rest of the time they eat weeds but in the Spring it gets them eating well after hibernation and it contains vitamins they need.

I would highly recommend it and wouldnt personally use any other type of pellet. Tortoises that have come to me over the years that refused to eat other makes of pellet soon readily eat these ones. I dont think it should be used daily but as a supplement or treat.

My Hermans and Horsfields tortoises love this food. Given the choice they take it everytime over other commercial brands. They also will take it over fresh food and that can be a bit of a problem as whilst its a complete food it is recommended that fresh ‘wild food’ is used in their diet too.

Having said that I have tortoises which have only eaten Pretty Pets for a number of years; I desperately chop up dandilions and mix them into the Pretty Pets to endeavour to get them to eat something different and sometimes they just refuse to eat the mix.

Well hydrated Pretty Pets is also a great way to get fluid into a tortoise especially after hibernation.

This is the “Cadillac” of tortoise foods! While I do not advocate for keeping exotic pets, if you have one, please give them the best nutrition available, and this is it!

I use it in small amounts for my russian tortoises. They like it. They really, really like it. Yes they do.

I have two baby tortoises, a sulcata and a cherry head, and the cherry head loves these pellets. These pellets are not instead of fresh food. I give them fresh veggies and these pellets daily

My food-fussy tortoise is no longer a problem to feed since I discovered Komodo holistic food. In fact he always eats his moistened Komodo pellets first before he starts on his fresh food! I’m so pleased I discovered this food.

my tortoise absolutely loves it. The item is reasonably priced and despatch was quicker than expected. The only sad part was that it is a smallish pot but the box it arrived in was massive. Packaging could have been improved on.

Our Greek three year old tortoise took to this food immediately and appeared to enjoy eating it. It was soaked before hand. It was very impressive that it is so tasty and edible. No wastage. Of course he is still fed greens.

I would highly recommend this tortoise food.

After 60 yrs of keeping tortoises I never believed I cou!d learn so much more. Brilliant book…thank you Herr Wegehaupt

The authors are probably two of the most experienced chelonia experts in the world, unfortunately this book doesnt reflect it. I bought it to pass to a beginner but do not think it has enough information to be useful.

(Also, a picture of a Testudo eating a strawberry?) I expect a lot of changes were made by the publishers?.

Excellent book for anyone who keeps or is interested in keeping these tortoises in a natural enclosure.

Good product to buy but only thing is that its very big in size. Go for it !!!

Tetra has always had a good reputation on foodstuffs so we had no hesitation in feeding it to our pet tortoise.

TranslateShow in original languageСвежие гранулы. Размер отличный, как раз точить клюв. Средняя жёсткость. Хоть не дёшево, нл знаю эту фирму и уверен в качестве! Черепаха пока не очень поняла, что это, раньше увы не давали.

Но эконом необходим по рациону и для точения клюва! Игуана ещё не поняла такую еду. На вкус как сухая травка:-).

The house is average. It is easy to put together even for those not experienced. The wood is not the best quality, it does feel cheap. With what it’s worth you could probably build a bigger and better quality one yourself.

Nevertheless, it will last you a while and it is convenient for those not experienced in wood working like myself. It’s small so your tortoise will need to be relocated. I bought this as an addition to my original enclosure.

Russian tortoise need an enclosure with a minimum space of 4×8′. They need a lot of space. The substrate needs to be at least 4-6″ deep, so the walls need to be higher than the zoo med house can provide.

Russian tortoises are great climbers, if the walls are too short or they find something that helps them prop themselves up on to the walls they will climb out of their enclosure. Please do a lot of research on your tortoise species or animal friend before you decide to buy this product.

Caring for a reptile can be confusing. Their is so much misinformation everywhere even at pet stores. I’ve heard many employees give recommendations that really weren’t appropriate for the species. Please be careful and research responsibly.

A great place I was able to find lots of great information from experienced tortoise owners and breeders was at a website call: Tortoise Forum. They are very passionate about what they do and have great care sheets and advice on how you can better care for tortoises.

Please check them out.

I read the reviews before making a purchase. The actual product that arrived is not as good as most people say. I am not sure if this is only isolated to the item I received. First, right out of the box a couple of the wood pieces have small chips at the corners/edges.

The wood is rough (so handle with care or you would get splinters on your hands). Then, the pieces don’t fit together quite well – the geometry is off – a rectangular box is slanted; the covers don’t line up well with the chambers of the box; the smaller cover is not completely flat, so when sitting on top of the box, one corner tilted up slightly.

Also, the position of the hinges don’t match. We had to unscrew, re-position, then reattach one of the hinges in order for it to work. Some places where you’re supposed to use screws to join the pieces didn’t have the pilot holes on them, so we had to drill holes, which resulted in a couple of the wood pieces crack during the process.

Also because there weren’t pilot holes on some of the wood pieces, it makes the instructions seem quite confusing. We thought the assembly would be simple and not taking much time, but we ended up spending a bit over an hour for the work.

All in all, I am not quite satisfied with the item received. Customer Service said they could either replace or refund the product; however I would have to return the one I got. Considering all the work we had put in, and also the packaging box was cut open and used as a floor mat for the assembly, it would be a big hassle to return the item.

So I had no better choice but to pass the offer. I still hope this was an isolated case, though.

We have two of these. They are easy to put together, look nice, and work great for their intended purpose. That said, if you need to use it asap beware of the possibility of a strong wood fume initially.

The first one we bought had no fumes and we could use it right away, but the second one had a very very strong wood smell. There are no warnings about this in the pkg, but strong smells like that can be harmful to your tort or turtle.

We had to let it air out a few days before we could use it.

Purchased this thinking I could use it to give my red foot tortoises a bit more verity. They also get Muzari, and of course fresh foods daily. Unfortunately neither of my tortoises seem to like this food.

One of them will nipple on it a little bit and the other ignores it completely. They are usually little piggies who will eat anything lol. I soak this in water for them too, in case anyone was wondering.

I’ll keep trying to see if I can get them to eat it because the container is a decent size, but I won’t be buying it again.

Our red-footed tortoise really enjoys these pellets. They make an excellent base for her biweekly big feeding. We soak them in a bit of water to soften them slightly. They can also be soaked with more water to turn them into a paste and mix in extra vitamins or diced food they might ignore otherwise.

At my previous zoo we would mash in medication then stuff the mash into a highly desirable food or wrap it in lettuce like a burrito. There is often some leftover dust in the bag but not an excessive amount, and it can be mixed with water to make mash and eliminate waste.

I ordered Tortoise food for my iguanas and it wasn’t $49 but it arrived in about 15 hours. I was shocked. I saw on my phone at work that it showed up at 9:30am and was worried that the dry food could have gotten wet since it pretty much rained that day.

I have a very small awning over my front door and whomever delivered it sat it up on its side and had it hugged against the door. So outstanding all around. Ive had two orders now and both were fantastic! I will be looking to Chewys for all future orders.

Thanks again!.

I’ve got 2 baby sulcata tortoises and I wanted to give them some grass fiber in their diet as a bulk ingredient. The pellets are really big and super hard, but all you have to do is put them in a shallow dish and soak them in a layer of water for 20 minutes or so.

When you come back, they’re expanded, fluffy and damp. Just crumble the now-puffed pellets into a dish to dry again and you can use the pellet powder to add to their food. I typically dice up cactus (nopales) with a little pumpkin, squash, fruit, or edible flowers and add in plenty of the grass pellet crumbles.

The tortoises LOVE it! It smells sweet and wonderfully grassy like alfalfa, hay, and Bermuda grass (which is exactly what these pellets are made of). The baby tortoises eat plenty of this stuff and they’re happy, healthy, active, and make bulky, healthy little turds.

No constipation or mushy poops for these guys. (Might be TMI, but for a reptile owner, the pops of your critters is an important indicator of health. ) I’m a lifetime customer for sure! My sulcatas love it and so do I!.

Our tortoise has been eating red leaf lettuce for years but we want him to try other foods like dandelions and other leafy vegetables or tomatoes. This one would only eat red leaf lettuce. Upon reading articles on healthy foods for tortoises, we came across this one.

We mixed this with the red leaf lettuce and he would just pick the lettuce and leave this on his plate. Slowly we cut the lettuce into pieces and we moistened this well and e gave him water. He would only eat less.

After a week, he started eating this. We read that they can be stubborn but he gave in. We are happy to because he has “logs” now. We wanted to try this and it seemed to work. So we will purchase this again and we hope they have bigger ones.

I’m not sure if my ratings are valid or not. Unfortunately I purchased this based solely on the photo. BIG mistake. I’d been searching for inexpensive snakes for a very long time to make a medusa costume and I came across this one that I was going to use for my staff.

Again, solely purchased based off of the photos. When I received it, it is very very small. Like a little longer than a pencil and just as skinny. I felt foolish that I did not read the description. Which, I don’t feel are accurate either.

So, now I’m left with this overpriced tiny cobra. What am I going to do with it now. P. s. , I found some plastic ones at Walmart for $1. 14 that were bigger and shower than this was. Is it entertaining? Just looking at it, I’d say no, but im not a 3 year old.

Is it durable, ill give them that. The colors are nice. P. s. s. this is still in the mail pouch sitting on my counter because I was so disappointed. Is it my fault for not reading the description, yes, but, in my defense, I went by the much deceiving photo that was posted.

In the photo it looks MUCH bigger. Lesson learned. Just hoping to keep people aware to, always read the description.

I bought this particular wolf to replace a smaller wolf I had sitting on my desk that I gave to a friend of mine who LOVES wolves. It is a symbol that represents all of the wolves (even cubs being pulled from their dens) that are unjustly being hunted, trapped and slaughtered in the wild – which is horrific because these animals are crucial to their ecosystems wherever they live, yet some people (ranchers, for instance) obviously want them to be killed.

Wolves are to be respected and protected – we wouldn’t have DOGS (our beloved companion animals) without them. It’s okay if you don’t use my review in the public domain. but, it is the reason I bought it.

I never write reviews, but I am so pleased with this model that I feel compelled to do so in this case. The Sumatran rhinoceros is the least known and most interesting rhino species. It is virtually unknown to the entire world.

It is not a feature of wildlife documentaries or popular campaigns. Indeed, so few people know that the two-horned rhino with red fur survives in Asia that it might as well be a dinosaur. Because of Chinese traditional medicine, this amazing creature is almost extinct, with fewer than 70 left alive on the entire planet.

And this is a shame. It is the only near relative to the extinct woolly rhinoceros left on earth. It is also the smallest and most primitive surviving rhino. And I think it is the most endearing. This small (1 ton!) forest rhino deserves to be famous and saved.

Thus I as excited to learn a figure had been made of it. I assumed it couldn’t possibly capture the complex mix of red hair and prehistoric-looking head, but it did! It is possibly the finest animal model I have ever owned.

I cannot recommend this model enough and I hope that it’s existence does something to stir our hearts and ensure that we save the Sumatran rhinoceros from extinction.

1 star product review pertains to Expiration date only. Two separate orders, I received old stock on the verge of expiration. Returned both to the store Unopened. Fresh inventory needs to be added !

Good brand of turtle food! I’ve used it for years. The only negative thing I have is with my last order. I ordered multiple boxes so that I’d have plenty on hand. The expiration date is only 6 months away on the containers I received.

The dates are usually much further away.

Got here sooner than expected. My tortoises love it! I ordered a small container because it was the first time I tried it. It was well worth it. Super value!

I really liked the idea of this diet with all the claims on the front of the bag. However, I did not read the back of the back at the ingredients/guaranteed analysis before I bought it. Totally my fault.

This sounds like a great diet for reptiles that digest proteins, sugars and fruits but for my hermanns tortoise, I don’t think I will be feeding him this very often or at all. I may be acting like a total mom but 20% protein sounds like a lot and I know they are not supposed to have a lot of it.

It also contains apple pomace, cane molasses and sucrose. Which I know for a fact hermanns are not supposed to have fruits (and their sugars). I might feed this very sparingly as a “treat” since I opened it and cannot return it but I would not feed this as an every day/every week diet.

We had an apparent escaped western box turtle show up at our house in the desert NW of Tucson. At first glance, we thought this food might be too small in size, but it wasn’t. We ordered this food from Chewy and the turtle loved it.

I love that this diet is both high quality and readily accepted. I feed it to my hatchling and small juvenile leopard tortoises until they are large enough to switch to the Mazuri Tortoise LS diet, and they love it.

I also appreciate that it’s affordable! As a veterinary professional who only works on Avian, Exotic, and Non-domestic animal patients, I don’t endorse many products easily. I trust the health and wellbeing of not only my own pets, but also that of my patients, to Mazuri diets.

I have a 6 year old daughter. When said daughter was 5, we rescued a trio of sick turkey poults. They were so rough that one didn’t even make it home, and the other passed that night. The sole surviving turkey was my 6 year old’s, who she had promptly named Busy Bee.

Busy Bee grew fast. He grew as tall as my daughter, and the were inseparable– she’d squat in the backyard, arm over his back like a human friend, and just jabber away to him. While we have chickens, the neighbors were not excited about Busy Bee singing the song of his particular people.

So we found a farm sanctuary, and we get occasional updates about him, happily living his life there. But my 6 year old, she has been devastated. So when she saw this weird turkey toy, her eyes welled up, and she informed me that she would like it.

Couldn’t say no obviously, so we brought it home. This dang turkey goes in the bath, to bed, in her backpack, EVERYWHERE, and a month in it’s still holding up. I would never have imagined myself being grateful to a toy company for making a flipping turkey, but here we are.

Parenthood is wild. But this turkey is legit. Super realistic, doesn’t make the neighbors mad, and comforts an odd 6 year old.

Deinonychus antihropus was named in 1969 by John Ostrom and ushered the great Dinosaur Renaissance which raised dragging tails and elevated them from the swamps and unto dry land. Deinonychus reinforces the dinosaur-bird connection with an amazing new figure from Safari Ltd for their 2020 catalogue.

The sculpt is sleek, even statuesque, the figure boasts a look that so resembles a modern raptor one expects to see a beak. Odd to not see the sinewy muscled limbs from other representations but it is a much welcomed change of form, and gone are the dangling arms ubiquitously present amongst all the figures of dromaeosauridae.

The details are subdued, with the tuberculate scales limited to the feet and face, and a first for any “raptor” is the presence of lips in keeping with the latest scientific research. The sculpted feathers are well done, especially on the primary-secondary wing feathers and the tail.

I do like the taloned fingers on the wings just visible under the wings. The pose can also be described as statuesque, evoking the virtues we bestow upon birds of prey. Power, speed, grace, even nobility.

The figure is frozen in step, head turned left, muzzle raised upward which I interpreted as testing the air for scent. The wings tucked tightly against the body. The tail is sculpted down providing support making the figure a classic tripod yet, it works in tandem as a whole.

Think of an actress’s long flowing gown on a red carpet event. Stately, and grateful. The colours again draws inspiration from modern raptors resembling a Hawk, chocolate and cinnamon browns with white markings.

Yellow for the face and feet and a crimson eye completes the pallet. Again, drawn from modern nature, spectacularly subdued. This figure boasts a look consistent with scientific research, and modern aesthetics.

Deinonychus is a prime figure for the dinosaur renaissance, beautifully sculpted, expertly painted, and highly collectible.

Safari Ltd adds Uintatherium to their prehistoric lineup for 2018. This early ungulate that lived during the Eocene was discovered in 1871 by O. C. Marsh in the Uinta Mountains in what is now Utah and may have been the largest mammal in the Americas during that time.

Although somewhat resembling a rhinoceros, Uintatherium anseps was not related to any rhino, being from the extinct order Dinocerata that flourished from the late Paleocene until the Miocene. The sculpt resembles classic paleoart.

The figure is represented without a fur covering opting for a wrinkled hide, from deep lines along the flanks to delicate ones on the face they crisscross the entire figure up to the tail which ends in a tuft of hair.

The details on the head include the distinctive horns, mandible flanges, and long recurved canine tusks. The pose is quite neutral, head high turned slightly to the right, mouth closed, with the left fore paw raised just ever so.

Not dramatic but natural, organic just as nature should be. The colours are consistent with modern large herbivores, pale grey with a light taupe markings. Slate grey hooves, and black for the tail tuft round out the limited hues.

Again, plausible for large grazers that persist to this day. Previous figures have been made in the 60’s and 70’s by Starlux and Ja-Ru but, forty years or so have passed since Uintatherium was released as a figure despite it being an iconic creature from the early Cenozoic and included in so many murals and classic paintings there are woefully few representations available to the collector.

Thankfully now, Uintatherium has been released by GeoWorld, Playvisions, CollectA, and now Safari Ltd. which is recommended for collectors and enthusiasts of prehistoric fauna.

Do NOT give this food to your toroise. There are ingredients, especially preservatives, your toroise should never have in its diet. Not all tortoises eat the same foods. Do research on the native region your tortoise comes from.

I guarantee corn and citric acid are not part of their diet. Will they eat it? Absolutely! You have no idea what this does to their natural gut organisms. Not only is this a waste of money its 80% water.

Please don’t give this garbage to your pet. Most tortoises come from arid and semi-arid areas you’ll find in a pet store. You know what you don’t find in the Sahel Region of Africa or savannas of Afghanistan, or wherever.

preservatives. A sulcatas diet is 75% GRASS! Ingredients. Water, sucrose, carrageenan, whole egg powder, maltodextrin, dextrose, soy fiber, apple fiber, whey protein, locust bean gum, corn meal, musk melon flavor, dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, potassium sorbate (a preservative), citric acid, calcium lactate, yucca schnidergera extract, sodium benzoate (a preservative), titanium dioxide, methylparaben (a preservative), FD&C Yellow #6, FD&C Yellow #5, betacarotene, propylparaben (a preservative), Vitamin A supplement, Vitamin D3 supplement, Vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid, d-calcium pantothenate, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, pyroxidine hydrochloride, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, menedione sodium bisulfite complex.

My tortoises love this product, and when I purchased in small quantities, it came in tiny cubes. I began ordering the 1-gallon bucket (bites) and the first one came in bites. It was amazing. I’ve ordered 5 since then, complained to Chewy, got replacements and it still comes in a solid brick of gelatin.

Chewy customer service is AMAZING and it’s not their fault – but something needs to be done because it’s not supposed to be a glob and it’s very hard to work with. I usually have to scoop out w/ a spoon and then crush with my hands – not fun.

I bought a beardie from a friend’s younger cousin and the beardie was in bad shape, underweight, wouldn’t eat, calcium deficiency, had the wrong bulbs, ECT. These work so much better than I could have imagined.

She begins eating almost immediately after she smells them. They were a key part to her rehabilitation. She loves them, I love that she loves them! 11/10 would recommend!!!.

My two 15 year old red sliders don’t like this food ! Nor, does my 2 year old red slider ! They like the few tid bits in there, but not the food at all !!! There is very few to none of the good stuff in this food ! It creates a total mess in my tanks ! I have to get it out, before I have a real problem on my hands ! Having to clean the entire tank out again ! Having a large tank for the older ones is a really big problem !!! I do not recommend this turtle food ! I would like a refund ! I’m just going to throw out !.

This food was what my two RES were on when I got them two years ago and the male simply will not eat the cranberries. I switched him to another food and he is just fine. I actually can’t give him treats (dried mealworms, dried shrimp, krill pellets, etc) too often because he will refuse to eat the fortified pellets that I give him if I mix them in anymore.

My female gobbles this up and asks for more. Different turtles will have different taste preferences I guess!.

Over the past several months, my 28-year-old red-eared slider had completely lost interest in his usual pellet food and would only eat when offered fresh foods. I was worried he wasn’t getting the right vitamins and minerals so I tried a few other floating pellet and stick style foods.

He wasn’t having any of them. Then I randomly came upon this gourmet food and he cannot get enough of it! The minute I sprinkled some in his water he started attacking every little piece like it was live prey, even the pellets! The only things he won’t eat are the cranberries, though he will chew on them for a bit and then let them fall from his mouth – it’s super cute.

I have this food to thank for perking up my little old guy; he hasn’t been this active in years!!.