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Maybe i need to look harder but i can't seem to find if Tulip flowers are fine to feed to my Uro? We have a lot of them growing and if Tank can eat em they would make a nice addition to his food.

All i can find is that the bulb is toxic but no word on the flowers themselves.

This is what I found:

The Turks used to brew love potions from tulips; modern cooks have found them to be edible, at least, even if not capable of magic. Try stuffing a perfect tulip blossom with chicken salad for an interesting appetizer, or sprinkling its petals (which taste a bit like cucumber) into salads for a touch of exotic color.
I found it on: Tulips-1

Here is more info: Tulips-2

And more: Tulips-3

And about the tulip bulbs... during second world war (1940-1945) there are a lot of Dutch people saved from starvation thanks to eating Tulip Bulbs.

How is it possible that a Dutch guy has to answer this question
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Hello from the Netherlands... this is my Uro-Website

Have you tried feeding them to your Uros?

No I have not tried them yet.
I rather give them "healthy" vegetables like endive etc.
Do not believe that tulipsflowers are very nutricious.
Maybe I give it a try some time.
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Hello from the Netherlands... this is my Uro-Website

The info i've found seems to point to flowers being quite nutritious.Really it's just some variety i want to add to his diet if i can.I've made my MK salad and greens.
Just curious though as we have a lot of tulips.
Thanks

For a complete list of poisonous/non flowers goto anapsid.org and follow it through to the university of uc davis.

Been there.Again it mentions the bulbs being toxic but no info on the flower itself that i can find.