Bamboo

[24christina24]

We are going to be building Hippo’s new enclosure sometime soon because we moved to Florida and now he/she can be outside more and I wanted to add some bamboo and was wondering if bamboo is safe for him/her.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Greetings. When I had a good free source to fresh bamboo greens, I fed our Sully it all the time with no issues...

TheTortoiseTable says this

• There are no known health hazards, although many tortoises will not find them palatable. They are very fast growing and make good shelters and hides for tortoises.

• If you are looking to plant a bamboo in your enclosure then do your research carefully and choose one of the 'clumping' varieties, rather than one of the 'running' varieties, as the 'runners' are too invasive and will soon colonise the whole enclosure. The smaller bamboos can be grown in containers.

Source: https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/plant-database/viewplants/?plant=356&c=2#.WyU9Iv8pChA

 

[Yvonne G]

Bamboo is in the grass family, in fact is related to Bermuda grass. If I were going to plant bamboo, I would buy a very large piece of PVC, like maybe a 20 or 30 " diameter section about 4' long. I'd sink it into the ground where you want the bamboo, then I'd plant the bamboo inside the PVC. Bamboo spreads like wildfire. . . well, like Bermuda grass!!