My dipshit roommate decided to feed my Venus Flytraps pieces of bacon (raw), while I was in the bathroom. I had the guys for less than 3 minutes and he's allready messing with them! So are they ok?? Thanks!
2007-09-12 07:00:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Wow, better keep an eye on this guy! They are carniverous, but not sure about bacon! They don't usually attack pigs!
But, if they closed up, & haven't opened yet, they should be alright! Although, their cholesterol level will be thru the roof!
I have heard of feeding them small bits of ground beef, during the flyless days, so it should be okay!
2007-09-12 07:32:08 · answer #1 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. Good grief. VFTs should never be fed meat.
Although they are called carnivorous plants they are really insectivorous. To tell you the truth, I don't know if it will be okay because I've never done it but it will probably cause the plant to rot and could possibly kill it. Let's just hope it was the smallest possible piece. You'll just have to wait and see. Here are some very informative and important sites you need to see. It wouldn't hurt your roommate to se them either. Until then keep him far away from your plant.
http://www.cobraplant.com/venus-flytrap.html
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/carnivorousplants?starvote=2&pid=153840
http://www.the-venus-flytrap.com/venus-flytrap-help.html
For these two sites be sure to scroll down and see all the video information offered.
http://homegarden.expertvillage.com/videos/carnivorous-plant-propagation-division.htm
http://homegarden.expertvillage.com/videos/terrariums-selecting.htm
Carnivorous plant NO NOs:
Meat
Fertilizer of any kind and that includes in potting soil
straight tap water
2007-09-12 08:03:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
from AccessScience, an internet reference encyclopedia contemporary in many libraries: Venus' flytrap "Dionaea muscipula, an insectivorous plant of North and South Carolina (see illus.). the two halves of a leaf blade can flow as though they have been hinged alongside the midrib and, swinging upward and inward, the two surfaces come mutually. Any insect alighting on a leaf triggers this gentle motor mechanism, and is caught between the last halves of the leaf blade. in this capture, the insect is slowly digested via enzymes secreted via cells interior the leaf." A centipede could could desire to get onto a leaf to be eaten.
2016-12-16 18:17:19 · answer #3 · answered by schebel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think they're fine, especially if it was just a little and it was raw. Cooked, I'm not so sure about. They are carnivores.
2007-09-12 07:12:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, do as "spitfyr" says, then do what I say, "wack the dummy upside the head". RScott
2007-09-12 11:23:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋