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Anyone ever tried feeding chayote fruits and leaves to the tortoises ? Good ? Or bad ?

The plant produces another flower, so I guess I should update here ... A friend told me the common name is blood lily. I did a check on wiki, seems correct but I can't say for sure which species.

My MEE won't eat it. Funny thing is that they like the smell, will take a bite, and then spit it all out. Tried several times, feeding only leaves, whole branch, and let it there for a few days, they just won't touch it. The only time they eat it is if I cut it small and mix with Mazuri. Not...

I am no expert here, but I don't think that is true. The death is most likely due to the combination of unsuitable captive environment and unhealthy diet. Unless if they have a documented case study to prove that. How big are they?

I would suggest keeping it indoor until around 20cm. Even then, you still need to make sure no dogs, cats, or birds get into the enclosure. On average, humidity is around 80% here. But due to basking lamp, heater, or direct sun, sometimes it might drop to less than 50%. You won't need...

I think the Greek might stay relatively smaller among those. I can only comment on MEE, as I have no experience with others. You might not be able to house them indoor for very long, eventually you need to move them out. They get big, dislike sun, will climb pretty much everything including...

Looks like a turtle to me, but I am no good in this. Oh and Welcome to the forum.

Yeah, but the tortoise hates the leaves part, will only eat the stem and spit out the leaves.

Good to know and thanks for the reply, and I agree with you that variety is the key. I am trying to find new food items to add into the diet roster.

Diplazium esculentum or vegetable fern, edible ? Thx.

Yeah, I am aware of that. I think we still do not have any scientific explanation on how they can consume those colocasia plants with no ill effect.

Haha, you probably will regret planting that once it blossom, it smells like rotten dead animals, attracts tons of flies.

Probably poisonous means we keep it out of our tortoises, better be safe. Having said that, one of my brown mountain tortoise ate maybe one leaf few months back, didn't seem to have any ill effect. Thanks, will post a pic of flower next time it blossoms.

I should probably mentioned that all three pictures are from the same plant. The first one shows the leaves, second is the steam and some smaller newly growth , and third is the flower of the plant, but passed the peak, wilting down now.

Please help ID. Wonder if it is edible. Thx. The 3rd pic is the flower, it used to be full red ball / sphere shaped. This one is wilting.