Avocado and a tortoise

[nico12]

Hello, yesterday I fed my tortoise a bit of avocado and today she was like normal but had a diarrhea so I searched and found out avocados are toxic for them. She is lively like before I am just scared and don’t know what to do.

 

[Blackdog1714]

Just soak an extra twenty minutes on top of your normal soak. Provide plenty of safe food choices- weeds, hibiscus, zinnias, etc

 

[Mrs.Jennifer]

Avocados are naturally full of oil (thus their creamy texture). The high oil content is probably responsible for the diarrhea.

 

[jsheffield]

The leaves and pit are toxic... It's debatable (and debated) as to whether the fruit is as well.

I think the fruit is fine as an occasional feed, but there are better foods out there for your tortoise.

Jamie

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I've been feeding an occasional avocado to my RF group for many years.
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