Greg Earnest
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Is it okay for a tortoise to eat leaves of a honeysuckle or just the flower?
I don't think it's a weird kind just a normal everyday honey suckle. Bought it from my local nursery. Thank you for the info!I have never heard that honeysuckle is poisonous. I have been feeding it (japanese honeysuckle, lonicena japonica) (leaves, flowers, and new growth stems) to tortoises for years, some love it and some don't. I grow it in several different places just for the tortoises to eat and the aroma the blooms give off during the summer months. Honeysuckle is a part of the seasonal varied diet I grow to feed to my tortoises. Unless you have some weird type of honeysuckle I think it might be safe to give some as a treat to your tortoise.
Totally safe. Heck, my family eats them! They're super sweet if they still have their nectar inside. If your variety gets berries, just always avoid the berries.I had the same question about the flowers. I had a vine grow over my fence and wanted to give my Spike the flowers. So the the white flowers are safe?