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Milky? Really I've pruned a heck of a lot of Scheffleras and I've never seen one bleed a milky sap. I do often see them ooze clear sap. Its not particularly irritating. Are you sure of your plant ID Steelheadchaser?

false aralia safe - true or false The "false aralia" should not be considered safe for grazing species like a veiled. In most books this plant will appear as "Dizygotheca elegantissima", but it is now considered to be a _Schefflera_. It is not on any "safe" plant list I know of; I may not be...

Aok Polka-dot plants, also known as freckle plants, and "splash"' currently, are _Hypoestes phyllostachya_ . Older books always list it as H. sanguinolenta. Natives of Madagascar originally. It's safe. Too weak to stand up to any traffic, though. It comes in many color forms: red, many...

you need a new one Any hygrometer that reads 99% inside the house is suspect. Even when its raining the humidity is not often 99; occasionaly with blowing fog outside you can get that kind of reading. Do you have a fogger or ultrasonic mist system going? My guess is you need a better (more...

Nematodes know no limits Gnatrol is a natural bacteria. Quite effective. Highly recommended. Nematodes have been implicated as a lizard pathogen. I will never use them again, inside or outside. The search function would have provided many threads, such as this great one by Syn...

yup Yup, its a bromeliad. Its a _Vriesea_, probably the hybrid named 'Miranda', or maybe 'Charlotte' or a similar one. Safe, but they don't take traffic very well.

Not sure If you have a grazing species (a panther) I would not take that risk. You don't say what species of tree you have. If you have one with stiff needles, eating them could present some problems. If you have a soft species, like Douglas Fir, or Norfolk Island Pine, it might be OK...

as the worm turns Hey Laurie, do you know what kind of round worm? There might not be exteme cleaning measures needed. Time alone might render any worm eggs unviable. In my opinion, a good wipe down of each leaf and stem with a 10% soln. of bleach would be a good start. All traces of feces...

bleach yes, Listerene no... I usually vacuum out dry poo and skin. I have an extra screen cut to size and use it to line the bottom of the cage. They come out easily; I take these out and blast the screen with a hose. Every so often I'll bleach the screen. I also use a lot of bleach to kill...

"Lucky bamboo" OK for you I think you have mis-stated the facts. "Lucky bamboo"'is a _Dracaena_, usually D. sanderiana, and its not toxic. You are correct in stating that it is not a bamboo.

additions I recently added: 'Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas, Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia' Colin Tilbury Edition Chimaira 2010 This is a most excellent work and I cannot recommend it highly enough. and 'Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the...

Saps Here's the short and to the point: Safe Ficus incude: F. benjamina ("weeping fig") F. elastica (aka: robusta, decora "rubber tree") F. sycomorus F. maclellandi (aka alii "willow-leaved fig") F. 'Amstel King' I would recommend avoiding the following which all have been cited in animal...

that would be a no No; that would be foolish. Wait 'til spring.

'shrooms There's a really common fungus that grows in organicly enriched soils Leucocoprinus birnbaumii aka Lepiota lutea, the yellow houseplant mushroom. It is harmless and usually fades away after a few weeks, never to be seen again.

not for beginners Gardenias are among the most challenging of houseplants under the best of conditions. I would not encourage you to experiment with them until you have good plant-growing skills. For those people with greenish thumbs: Gardenias need very high light and warm temperatures; it...

can you say "carrion"? I am a big advocate for using wild-caught feeders, EXCEPT wild flies. Wild flies like feces and dead animal bits, and as they feed on this nastiness they pick up pathogenic bacteria. I would not use wild flies if the lizards were starving. Lab-raised flies are...

not so fast-igiate Schefflera 'Amate' is a fastigiate or columnar form of S. actinophylla and should not be used in animal environments.

new to me Sorry, that plant is new to me. My references have very little on the Malagasy sp.

fertilizer is good Use of fertilizers regularly is the best way to have healthy vibrant plants in containers. I use a small dose of Dyna-gro every two weeks. There are certain people who think that any artificial fertilizers are somehow deadly toxic, and any organic ones are miraculously...

not a reliable list First, the list you have reproduced is copyrighted, and should not be reproduced without permission from the originator (who is not FLChams). FLChams also copyrighted their site. That covers content such as the list. As I have said before, this list is flawed in...