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Got a few things at walmart today. Someone check over them and make sure i am on the right track for my veiled.

Ficus plant. washed and pruned. No pesticides
kiwi fruit
strawberries withought leaves
kale
spinach

also ordered some meal worms and crickes crickets are 1/2 inch. for a 4 inch body length veiled.

Sounds good. Make sure you clean the top layer of dirt in the plant with another potting soil without Perlite (the white flakes). It would be bad if he accidentally ate these while going for a cricket. Also, I've never tried Kiwi, but most of the other stuff will probably expire before he or she eats it all. Veileds eat veggies and leaves, but not really that much.... I just offer whatever I have at the time. I don't nessesarily go get food for them mostly because if I do it just gets old by the time they eat it all. Leafy stuff doesn't last very long. Lately I've been getting lots of mixed veggies (peas, small brocolli tops, corn, lima beans, etc.) and freezing it all mixed together, then I use it for all my veileds, crickets, superworms, roaches, and also for my tortoises (Sulcattas and CBB Desert Torts). Just sit the frozen veggies in a cup of hot water for a few minutes to thaw it out before offering it.
-Tyler Stewart

while ficus may not be toxic, it does have very nasty sap. just make sure that you wait a while after you prune it. if the sap was to get in your chams eyes, it will cause all sorts of problems. i personally only use hibiscus in their cages. they love to munch on it, especially the flowers. as for the veggies, i would skip on spinach and broccoli. just like the popular plant pothos, something in them binds to calcium, preventing the body from absorbing it. they are ok in small amounts, just not as a regular food. you can also get blueberries to feed to your cham, they love them!
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