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are tomatoes ok for feeding to a veiled, i have tons left over from the summer season i am interested why chameleons cannot live in the wild of florida, alabama, and lousiana and parts of texas... the temp. and precipitations seems appropriate???

any help appreciated

I'm not so sure about tomatoes, because I know the plants are toxic for chameleons.... I bet tomotoes are ok though. I've fed them to crickets before and been ok. I bet that chameleons could live in those states too, just that noone has let go enough to get a decent population started. There's Jacksons in parts of California and Hawaii, and panthers have been introduced to Reunion Island. If I knew of a place where panthers could be let go and noone would take them so they could get a nice big population going (like an island noone could get to unless being guided and watched), I'd be more than happy to donate some baby panthers to the cause. If anyone knows of a place or wants to start one, let me know. I think that would be cool since Madagascar is going downhill so fast.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
1.2 Nosy Be Panthers
2.2 Sambava Panthers
1.0 Tamatave Panther
1.0 Nosy Be X Unknown Cross
1.1 Veiled Chameleons
0.0.2 CBB Desert Tortoises
0.0.1 Sulcatta Tortoise

yes, they are fine if she will eat them. Try cherry tomatoes if you can b/c they are more "berry sized".

lele

p.s. see my next reply re: cham's in FL, etc.

>>are tomatoes ok for feeding to a veiled, i have tons left over from the summer season i am interested why chameleons cannot live in the wild of florida, alabama, and lousiana and parts of texas... the temp. and precipitations seems appropriate???
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>> any help appreciated