Succulents?

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Sh3wulf

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Are all succulents basically safe for torts as part of a varied diet?
Wondering if the one pictured below is ok? I couldn't find on tort table and I have a ton of it. Benny beelines for my succulent garden every time he gets a chance, but I haven't been letting him eat cause i wasn't sure about a couple of the plants.

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Also, can someone advise where they order their cactus pads please, shipping to Canada is necessary
 
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It's a ground cover. All vines. That's basically the entire plant pictured. He's extremely determined to eat this one in particular.
I'll go grab pictures of the others in a bit. It's currently raining so can't get out to take them
 

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It almost looks like an ice plant but I don't think that's what it is. Maybe someone else can help out


did you plant it?


It also resembles purslane but most of those have more of a rounded leave I think.
 

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it almost looks like a Crassula from the small bunch of flowers in the middle, but I'm not sure...is it all the same plant?
 

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It looks like something I have growing, small yellow blooms? I don't remember the name but my torts do eat it, with no ill effects.
 

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No, NOT all succulents are safe for them to eat. For example, some of the sedums are toxic, while others are good tortoise food.

Sorry I don't know what that one is. Can you take some to a local nursery? That's what I do when I can't figure it out.
 

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Thanks all. I'm taking clippings of everything to my local nursery and getting it all identified. I'll post pics and names once I have them so ya'll know too
 

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If you have facebook, i usually private message the people in thetortoisetable and they respond within a day.
 

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Nice thanks for the advice. I didn't even know tort table was on FB. I'm going to look that up
 
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