Jul 23, 2017 #1 Beasty_Artemis Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Aug 23, 2016 Messages 1,230 Location (City and/or State) Oregon Coast So there is a tree next to my house that has been growing fruit for the last couple of months, and now they are finally ripening. So what kind of tree is it? The fruit tastes good to me....but could my red foot, Artemis, eat them...?
So there is a tree next to my house that has been growing fruit for the last couple of months, and now they are finally ripening. So what kind of tree is it? The fruit tastes good to me....but could my red foot, Artemis, eat them...?
Jul 23, 2017 #2 Beasty_Artemis Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Aug 23, 2016 Messages 1,230 Location (City and/or State) Oregon Coast The berries are yellow inside and tasted like plums.
Jul 23, 2017 #3 Iochroma Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Nov 4, 2014 Messages 671 Location (City and/or State) San Francisco They are plums
Jul 23, 2017 #4 Taylor T. Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Jul 22, 2014 Messages 587 Location (City and/or State) New England Plums are edible for fruit eating species. Make sure that he does not eat the stone/pit, as it contains cyanide.
Plums are edible for fruit eating species. Make sure that he does not eat the stone/pit, as it contains cyanide.
Jul 23, 2017 #5 MPRC Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Jun 24, 2015 Messages 3,103 Location (City and/or State) Oregon Mine eat and pass pits, I would remove them if you think they are a choking hazard. I couldn't keep up with de-pitting on the tree in my yard.
Mine eat and pass pits, I would remove them if you think they are a choking hazard. I couldn't keep up with de-pitting on the tree in my yard.
Jul 26, 2017 #6 Beasty_Artemis Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Aug 23, 2016 Messages 1,230 Location (City and/or State) Oregon Coast So if i de-pit them first they are a safe fruit to feed regularly? I'll probably slice them up first before she can have them.
So if i de-pit them first they are a safe fruit to feed regularly? I'll probably slice them up first before she can have them.