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Hi,

I know I've seen this on the post before but...does anyone know what plants are safe to put in the uro's home?

Thanks, Kim

One of the problems that I have come across in the question is that many plants native or cousins to plants found in the areas where uros thrive, are either difficult to obtain or are much too large, unless you have a MASSIVE setup. I myself have been looking for possible plant and this is my tentative list: tarragon, prairie sagewort, powis castle, and workwood. All of which may or may not be enticing to your uro.
This brings out another possible problem. If you want to regulate your uro's food intake, make sure the plant is not one you want the little ones (or big fatty ones) to eat. You also want to make sure that the plant is able to thrive in a hot, dry climate.
If you want the plants for food, you may want to grow them alone and then feed them. This way you can better take care of both plant and uro. If asthetics is what you want , you can always use plastic.

Any non-toxic plant that you would feed a iguana, tortoise, bearded dragon etc...should be ok.

That being said the uros will probably eat them. I tried a few plants in with mine Mali and in a matter of months they were all gone.

The other issue with plants in a uro's enclosure is they need to be very high temperature tolerant. That rules out just about everything besides succulents, which will be eaten too.

It's just a fact with herbivorous herps that the plants will have to be changed/replaced occasionally. They look great though, much better than plastic.

So...what are some good plants? Anyone?