quick question

[reticguy76]

I was wondering if anybody knew if the sprouty parts coming out from the center of the hibiscus flower is ok for desert tortoises ?

Hopefully I described the art of the flower well enough that you know what I'm referring too haha

 

[dmarcus]

I give all my tortoises the whole flower, sprouty thing in the middle with it. I just pull the whole flower and give it to them...

 

[reticguy76]

Thats what I figured, just wanted to make sure.

Ive just seen so many people pull the pedals off and only offer those, I was curious if it was because something was wrong with the middle sprouting part or just their preference

 

[dmarcus]

I pull the pedals for my hatchling but the bigger ones just get the whole flower. My large sulcata actually goes for the middle part first and the flower will be wrapped around his head...

 

[reticguy76]

haha, thats awesome. thats what ive been doing with my rescued young one, just pulling off the pedals. just wanted to make sure incase i threw in a whole flower, it would be ok

 

[Madkins007]

Actually, in most flowers, the petals themselves don't have a lot of nutrition- most of it is in the middle part, the 'hips', and so on. (Doncha just love these technical terms!?)

 

[Jacob]

I Usually just feed the whole flower, i even feed the leaves!

 

[reticguy76]

awesome. thanks everybody. my mind is usually in small animal mode (as that is what i do for a living is small animal emergency medicine), and snakes. many things are toxic to dogs and cats that arent necessarily toxic to some reptiles. just wanting to make sure.

thanks again. i keep meaning to grab a pic of cooter. he is out basking and soaking right now, ill try to snap a pic or two and get it up here.

 

[Yvonne G]

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