flowers-toxic or not

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samsmom

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In the middle of creating an outdoor enclosure for my 6 month old Sulcata. I bought some flowers to plant in pots but have not been able to find out whether or not they are toxic. Aloha Calibrachoa (calibrachoa aloha) masses of trumphet shaped pink flowers and Superbells Pink (calibrachoa hybrid). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Hmm.. Not familiar with that flower


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Not sure on those, I can't seem to find anything definitive. Its in the nightshade family, most of which are toxic, but according to wikipedia is closely related to petunia, which is safe. In most cases torts won't eat something toxic anyways, but you never know, so might not be worth risking.
 

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Calibrachoa is closely related to the Petunia which according to the tortoise table is ok, but I agree with Ken, when in doubt...
 

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Update: Checked with TTT and the flowers are fine for Samson to eat. Thanks for everyones help!
 
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