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I'm on a salad thing as part of a New Years resolution and have a lot of celery around...Are the leaves ok to feed to my RF?
Thanks Cowboy KenThis is what I found on the UK food for tortoises list;
Common name : Celery
Latin name : Apium graveolens
Family name : Apiaceae/Umbelliferacea
celery leaves contain high levels of oxalates, and the seeds have diuretic properties. The whole plant has a high carbohydrate content, a high sodium content, and the calcium/phosphorous ratio is also not ideal for tortoises, so although it is not toxic as such, we do not recommend feeding it (although a few nibbles would do no great harm).
http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp?st=true&mode=main&catID=620