I have a pear tree, peach tree, & a crab apple tree in my yard and they are dropping fruit like crazy. Are any, or all, of them okay to give baby Sulcatas? The trees have NEVER been sprayed with pesticides. Thanks!
ascott said:Yup and what yummy treats....I would however be certain that there are no apple seeds given Bad seed.
ascott said:Hi Anthony, do the little crabby apples have seeds? If yes, I would get em out before I give the fruit to the torts.....
ascott said:As per The Tortoise Table;
Common name : Crab Apple
Latin name : Malus sylvestris
Family name : Rosaceae
Failing to pick up all the blossom from fruit trees does no harm during the short season they are on the ground. Don’t offer as extra.
Apple pips contain cyanide and should be avoided, and only offer the fruit as a small part of the diet to fruit-eating species.
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Crab Apple blossom flowers may be either white or pink in colour.
Anthony, I looked a bit and this is the best worded piece of information as it pertains to our torts....
ewam said:I used to have a crab apple tree and it always grew a bunch of apples but they were a weird color and did not look very good and I never ate any. Then it got burnt in a wild fire, it lived but it never grew another apple.