mushrooms are growing????

[terryo]

These mushrooms are growing in Pio's vivarium. Are they OK for him to eat, or should I take them out? I don't know where they came from. Maybe too much humidity. It is around 78 - 80 in there.

 

[Chucky]

From what I hear they are good for redfoots. I picked a few growing in my yard a couple weeks ago and fed them to mine and they're still alive.

 

[Itort]

If they are good Pio will eat them and if not Plo will ignore them (probably trampel them). That is the reaction of both my RFs and MEPs. If torts have a good choice of eatables they won't eat bad.

 

[terryo]

Thank you. I guess I will just leave them in there. So far he hasn't touched them.

 

[Crazy1]

Terry, I had some gowing in my Greeks pen this year. I had heard wild mushrooms could be bad so I picked them then found some in another pen that I had missed and the tortoises just ignored them. They will on occasion eat mushrooms I give to them but these are mushrooms I know are good mushrooms and not something like toad stools etc.

 

[George the box turtle]

In regards to mushrooms, are all store bought mushrooms (portabellos, etc.) okay to feed? I have a boxie. I had not previously been feeding mushrooms but after reading these posts am wondering if I could feed some that I have.