Habitat - Indoor :: can i put bamboo in the tank?

[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

[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.

[Thirzty Turtle]

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.