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Hey all,

I've been looking around and didn't see these plants any "toxic plants" list. I didn't see them on a "safe plants" list either, so I wanna be safe. I saw some really nice Areca and Kentia Palms at the Home Depot that look really awesome and would fit in my veileds cage pretty nicely. I was just wonderin if any of you know them to be toxic.

My Veiled loves to eat vegetation and don't want him gettin food poisoning. He'll annihilate ANY Schefflera that enters his cage! Even putting a ton of greens in there doesn't really help! I don't know what it is, but no Schefflera will last a few months in there with him. I'm wondering if that's a Veiled thing, or just my nutty cham.

Oh yeah! One more thing: Do any of you know if bamboo is toxic to herps? (Real bamboo, not that "lucky bamboo" junk) If so, what species? My neighbor has a little "bamboo forest" in his back yard and sells the stuff. He offered to give me some for my cham. I have to ask him the species, but I can tell you that the stalks are really thin (about half an inch and less) and they don't grow really tall (either that or he doesn't allow them to grow really tall) they're probably 4-6 feet out of the ground or pot. yellowy-orangish-beige stalks with BRIGHT green leaves. lol

Thanks
Jon

Hi Jon,

Neither of these are toxic but I would not put them in with a veiled. Grab a frond and gently run it thru your hand. OUCH! You can easily get cut - sort of like paper cuts - and I would hate for Luna to run one thru her tender mouth. The sides of each are thin, yet course. When I was working in a FL nursery (many, many years ago) we would often get "palm cuts" from Areca and other palms. They also would not hold a cham very well and could cut the foot pads. So put them around the cage but not it

here are a couple safe/toxic plant lists to bookmark:
webhome.idirect.com/~chameleon/owners/chapter2-sub5.html

Bamboo is not toxic either but it can be a bit woody and stringy. Persoanlly not a choice I would make for in a veiled cham cage.

As for your scheff monster - Luna is one, too. This is only her second one in a year but I switch it off with a ficus as her "main" plant She has not been good about eating her dandelion greens lately but loves here scheff!

lele

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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.5 Mad. Hissers (for summer - all girls, no little ones, whew!)

i use it to support my pothos plants so they go up and not out. i just cut the stalks in half and sanded them VERY well. theres lots of little sharp splinters on the ends and if you cut it down the middle like i did even more. if you use bamboo make sure that you sanded it very well and rub you palm over the edges to check if you misses a spot.

-jon

thought you were using the bamboo for food - I would still be careful with it.
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.5 Mad. Hissers (for summer - all girls, no little ones, whew!)