Aloha everyone,
I'm new here, and setting up an outdoor enclosure for a soon-to-be acquired redfoot yearling. I was at Home Depot the other night and picked up a couple of plants that seemed alright at the time. I'm wondering now if I will just be poisoning my tort when the time comes. Second thoughts! The one with bluish flowers is a plumbago, which I had in my backyard growing up alongside a pair of desert tortoises (back in CA). I remember them eating the leaves and flowers to no ill effect. Has newer lit shown that plumbago is toxic?
The other plant I grabbed was something called an ixora, from Thailand. It seems to grown into an awesome, dense shrub that should provide great shade from our Hawaiian sun. I can't find this on any toxic/non-toxic plants list. Does anyone know?
Thanks!
I'm new here, and setting up an outdoor enclosure for a soon-to-be acquired redfoot yearling. I was at Home Depot the other night and picked up a couple of plants that seemed alright at the time. I'm wondering now if I will just be poisoning my tort when the time comes. Second thoughts! The one with bluish flowers is a plumbago, which I had in my backyard growing up alongside a pair of desert tortoises (back in CA). I remember them eating the leaves and flowers to no ill effect. Has newer lit shown that plumbago is toxic?
The other plant I grabbed was something called an ixora, from Thailand. It seems to grown into an awesome, dense shrub that should provide great shade from our Hawaiian sun. I can't find this on any toxic/non-toxic plants list. Does anyone know?
Thanks!
