Feeding and Nutrition :: bamboo

[tammi]

Would it be ok for a turte to eat bamboo? I've seen some @ the petstore and it's pretty in the tank.

[BullDog]

Ok, is it real bamboo? Or those "lucky bamboo" shoots? Lucky bamboo you can usually find in the floral departments of grocery stores, or big box stores like wal-mart, and occasionally I've seen them in those betta vases. Lucky bamboo isn't actually bamboo, but a type of lily, and is poisonous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_sanderiana

True bamboo, I'm not sure about it, but I don't think true bamboo would grow in the tank anyhow.

[tammi]

Thank you. I will deffianately not use them.

[theartbook35]

True bamboo, that the pandas eat, well, it's very sensitive, so, if you could actually get true bamboo to grow in your tank, I wouldn't expect it to survive through all of the turtle waste.

I would really love to grow some bamboo someday, indoors, but I don't think I'd have the patience...