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Maggie3fan

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Well...did you at least get enough berries for a pie? Or birdie treats? Or smash the dang things for jam? Or at the very least get a snack while working...personally I hate all that but I would make blackberry jelly. You might even get to meet a snake or two on your outing...☺
There won't be berries on it until June or July...now are just growing vines and gigantic thorns...
 

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There won't be berries on it until June or July...now are just growing vines and gigantic thorns...
While your talking about blackberrys, are they safe for my Sucata to eat. (Leaves or berries). As I wait for warmer weather to remove alot of different plant that may harm my tortise.
 

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While your talking about blackberrys, are they safe for my Sucata to eat. (Leaves or berries). As I wait for warmer weather to remove alot of different plant that may harm my tortise.
Sulcata should not eat fruit...an occasional strawberry or watermelon may be alright once a summer, but I wouldn't feed berries to my Sulcata...the thorns are so much bigger then cactus spines...my Sulcata are 35 lbs and 50 lbs...but I see my arms shredded and my jeans ripped....what could a vine do to that soft Sulcata neck skin???
 

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Sulcata should not eat fruit...an occasional strawberry or watermelon may be alright once a summer, but I wouldn't feed berries to my Sulcata...the thorns are so much bigger then cactus spines...my Sulcata are 35 lbs and 50 lbs...but I see my arms shredded and my jeans ripped....what could a vine do to that soft Sulcata neck skin???
Thank you, just checking. I will add this one to be remove on my list with many others. Blackberrys, Daisy's, Peonies, Tulips, Portulaca, Butterfly Bushes, Star Lillies. Have a few more to identify before I going to remove them, will not put Sammy out until I'm sure it safe. Been accumulating all perennial flowers for 30 years. Time to do some redecorating to my yard.
 

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I apologize for the miss post, forgot what trend I was reading. The conversation about Blackberrys threw me off. I try to stay on topic next time.
Im just kidding.. its worms and avocado haha
 

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If anyone's wondering about what to feed their tortoise, I got some very helpful information from this source...

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I feed my tortoise not only cookies, but cake, juice, and candy; as well as dog food, avocados, worms, and as a desert tortoise, I make sure I also feed him a wide variety of tropical fruits! Especially the very acidic ones! If anyone has any more questions about what they should feed their tortoise feel free to ask! Also, don't forget, turtles and tortoises are the same and all species have the exact same requirements!
 

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Thank you, just checking. I will add this one to be remove on my list with many others. Blackberrys, Daisy's, Peonies, Tulips, Portulaca, Butterfly Bushes, Star Lillies. Have a few more to identify before I going to remove them, will not put Sammy out until I'm sure it safe. Been accumulating all perennial flowers for 30 years. Time to do some redecorating to my yard.

I'd take out any Asiait (sp)lilies poisonous to cats...wouldn't want them around my tortoises. Just because you talked about collecting plants for 30 yr, I thought you might have them...
 

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If anyone's wondering about what to feed their tortoise, I got some very helpful information from this source...

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I feed my tortoise not only cookies, but cake, juice, and candy; as well as dog food, avocados, worms, and as a desert tortoise, I make sure I also feed him a wide variety of tropical fruits! Especially the very acidic ones! If anyone has any more questions about what they should feed their tortoise feel free to ask! Also, don't forget, turtles and tortoises are the same and all species have the exact same requirements!

No fruit...everything else is fine...but fruit causes calcium...
 

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Im dropping the price of the incandescent bulbs 2 for $40 because I may or may not have an entire basement full I can't get rid of.
 

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