Sweet Potatoe Vine???

[vamp]

I have a baby Redfoot about a 11/2 yrs old and a young Russian.
I have build them an out door area using 36 in round pond liners. and am working on a bigger area with cinder blocks.
I would like to ask if sweet potato vines are bad for them before I plant it to close to them 'Margarite' is on edible list. but after I got one I was told it's bad for them.
Thanks
Char

 

[dmmj]

RE: Hello

Welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy your visits here. If I am not mistaken sweet potato vine is toxic, but I can't say for sure.

 

[Angi]

I hope you are not housing then together. Russians can carry disease that the are imune to but can be bad for other spices.

 

[Benjamin]

RE: Hello

Welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy your visits here. If I am not mistaken sweet potato vine is toxic, but I can't say for sure.

I regularly feed it to my tortoises. They prefer the green to the purple.

 

[MikeCow1]

It's on most toxic lists I've ever seen. Along with regular potato vines. Sometimes Morning Glories are called Sweet Potato vines and they're toxic too

 

[DixieParadise]

I agree sometimes Morning Glories are called wild sweet potato or ornamental sweet potato vine. They look nice, but I believe them to be toxic.

 

[Jacqui]

RE: Hello

Welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy your visits here. If I am not mistaken sweet potato vine is toxic, but I can't say for sure.

I regularly feed it to my tortoises. They prefer the green to the purple.

Ben what species and how small of individuals were you able to feed these too?

 

[Benjamin]

RE: Hello

Welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy your visits here. If I am not mistaken sweet potato vine is toxic, but I can't say for sure.

I regularly feed it to my tortoises. They prefer the green to the purple.

Ben what species and how small of individuals were you able to feed these too?

I feed it to hatchling through adults. I do not feed it daily. My stars, manouri, and indotestudo love it. My kinixys nibble at it as well.
In the past I have also fed it to radiata, pyxis, and chaco tortoises. The sap does irritate the skin a little when cut. Feeding it a few times monthly does not cause any troubles for the animals that consume it.