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Old 13-10-2012, 11:23 AM   #1
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Question Can they eat morning glory and poppy flowers?

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Can tortoises eat Morning Glory flowers and Poppy flowers too?

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Old 13-10-2012, 11:36 AM   #2
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This site will help:

http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s...ise_home_1.asp

Just type in the plant/flower name and it will give you lots of information.
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Old 13-10-2012, 11:37 AM   #3
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I believe definately not.

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Old 13-10-2012, 01:54 PM   #4
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This site will help:

http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s...ise_home_1.asp

Just type in the plant/flower name and it will give you lots of information.
Thank you! I don't want my tortoises hallucinating, lol!
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Old 13-10-2012, 05:06 PM   #5
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They can have californian poppy.
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Old 13-10-2012, 05:14 PM   #6
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They can have welsh poppy which is the one with yellow/orange flowers. I read that it was debateable whether torts shave hould now have bind weed as that has halucijenic (sp) properties.... wonder who assesed a tort was halucinating? (I havent stopped feeding it, I have some who love it! )
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Old 13-10-2012, 07:04 PM   #7
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Me too, I used to feed bindweed occasionally... not any more! I did mean welsh poppy actually instead of californian poppy! But they can have the c.poppy too. Mine love welsh poppy
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