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[Creedence]

So I know this is a common one, but I'm super paranoid about poisoning my tortoise haha. It has a milky sap. Safe to feed?

 

[E5150]

It looks like dandelion to me, if so it is perfectly safe.

 

[Yvonne G]

That's what I was going to say too...dandelion.

 

[Tom]

I think there are several closely related plants that are commonly referred to as "dandelion". This is one of them and I feed it to all of my tortoise, from brand new hatchlings to adults.

 

[yensao]

I would say "Dandelion", my tortoise's favor food


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[Creedence]

I was thinking dandelion, I just have never noticed a milky sap with dandelion before. But I think Tom's right in saying it's part of the same group. I'll probably feed it.

 

[redbeef]

yeah: dandelion. I feed it all the time to my greek