Any of you RSA folks ever see if your tortoise eats this...Bulbine frutescens

[Kapidolo Farms]

https://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/bulbinefrut.htm

It's not in Feedipedia not the Tortoise Table.

The article that Misty Corton put on her web page regarding native food items lists it, but apparently it did not grow where that study was conducted. http://www.carecentre.org.za/ menu box in upper right corner and select "Diet in the wild - A study"

Anyways it is edible for people...

and it's a good looking plant.

 

[Yvonne G]

Never heard of it, but I imagine it would be like aloe - give them loose stool.

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

I have never seen that aloe, opuntia, etc. create soft stool in tortoises. I have fed opuntia as a large portion of the diet to some, as much as they want. Poops were okay.

I'll get some of this and feed it out, but others' first hand experience
would be good to hear about.

A closely related species has quite the bib...
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[Kapidolo Farms]

This is what it looks like.

 

[Zilla]

https://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/bulbinefrut.htm

It's not in Feedipedia not the Tortoise Table.

The article that Misty Corton put on her web page regarding native food items lists it, but apparently it did not grow where that study was conducted. http://www.carecentre.org.za/ menu box in upper right corner and select "Diet in the wild - A study"

Anyways it is edible for people...

and it's a good looking plant.

Hi

Hi, I'm new here. But I tried giving my Redfoot that Bulbine Fruteschen (mine is a little different in my garden) but she immediately spit it out so I am trying to look it up because I did not see it on the Do Not Feed list. But she didn't like it anyway. She did however LOVE my arugula. I'm going to start growing Prickly Pear next

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

I have subsequently found this plant and offer it sometimes to pancakes and they seem to have no particular like or dislike of it. My leopards will eat it without hesitation.