Letting canary seed grow in my tortoisariums...

[Terry Allan Hall]

Where I dump the seeds from my cararies' cages, the non-eaten seeds are growing nicely, and my torts REALLY want to check 'em out!

Anything in a typical canary seed mix that might grow something problematic? Ingredients seem to be:

White Millet, Canary Grass Seed, Rape Seed, Golden German Millet, Red Millet, Flax Seed, Niger Seed, Oat Groats, Sesame Seeds, Anise Seed, (in varying degrees, presumably).

Thought I'd plant up the enclosures over the winter, along w/ various weeds, while they're living inside, so that by spring, there'll be a nice variety to graze upon.

 

[Yvonne G]

No, the tortoises can eat all that stuff, but they usually aren't too interested in it...at least mine aren't.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

No, the tortoises can eat all that stuff, but they usually aren't too interested in it...at least mine aren't.

My 4 chowed down in a big way a little while ago, while my daughter yakked on her cell phone...glad it's safe!

 

[ascott]

I have a bunch of birds (wild ones) that I feed wild bird seed to ....I fill a big plastic plant saucer in the am and then in the pm and I toss a few handfuls around on the ground for the shyer ones...well the seeds have grown in some of the patches around the front porch and while my torts don't seem thrilled....my friend Mr. P the peacock LOVES to eat the growth.... I was thinking about getting a grow light to put over the Redfoots enclosures and toss some in there to see what grows???? they may or may not eat the stuff but perhaps will give em some where else to muck around in as well as help with the humidity...

 

[Baoh]

Mine eat the growth from this type of seed mixture.

 

[bikerchicspain]

I know what im going to do at work tomorrow now, bring some bird seed home, courtesy of my horrid, boring overweight piece of ****** that calls himself a human and a boss.