The palm trees in my yard are dropping fruit. Is it OK for my leopards and redfoots to eat them? These are date and pinto palms.
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Palm fruits for tortoises?
TomD
Aug 28, 2010 07:17 AM
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tortoiserecovery
Nov 13, 2010 05:31 PM
If your date palm can be identified as Phoenix dactylifera or Phoenix reclinata then it should be edible. Most date palms if not all are edible. I dont know of any off hand that are specifically toxic. Pinto (maybe Pindo palm you mean?) Butia capitata also has edible fruits. I have seen bats, squirrel, raccoon and crows eating them locally. Getting them to eat it might be another story..
Thats just my point of view as a botanist... 
