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can i put bamboo in the tank?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:58 pm
by Thirzty Turtle
i was going to put a ceramic pot of bamboo in the tank. can i? if they eat any of the bamboo is it safe? im pretty sure it is i just want to make sure here

PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:26 pm
by steve
Is it the kind that grows in water? That's not really bamboo, they just call it that because it looks like it and it makes people think it's exotic. Anyway, I read that it is poisonous to cats or something like that, so you'd want to keep your turtles away from it.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:52 pm
by Thirzty Turtle
steve wrote:Is it the kind that grows in water? That's not really bamboo, they just call it that because it looks like it and it makes people think it's exotic. Anyway, I read that it is poisonous to cats or something like that, so you'd want to keep your turtles away from it.
its posionous to cats? i have a cat and bamboo for many years and it prolly ate sum at one point.