BEST live plants?

[jaredshermanderson]

For chams to eat?

Are money trees okay?
Also what about dracaena?

 

[AESara]

I don't know about money trees. My veiled likes to eat a leaf or two off his schefflera every so often. It's a fairly easy plant to keep alive, too. Dracaena is safe, but it won't provide a very stable perch.

 

[lisa h]

Money plants are NOT. Hibiscus (especially the flowers) seem to be pretty popular with some veileds. Pothos, schefflera and ficus are all safe, but I don't know if chams like to eat them. I guess it depends on the animal.

 

[jaredshermanderson]

I read that schefflera are toxic, as are ficus?
My cham likes to eat the pothos he has, so I'm worried he'd eat any plant I put in there.

 

[AESara]

Schefflera, if I understood correctly, has a low level of toxicity. It only becomes dangerous if a very large amount is ingested. I would be far more worried about the pothos. You may want to remove it if he's eating a lot of it. I believe that the toxins in some ficus are located in the bark/sap but this isn't a plant I've kept, so trust others more. How much does your cham eat his plant?

I didn't think of hibiscus before, but that is a good plant choice. It's safe for the cham to eat and pretty hardy. Mine never seemed to care for eating the leaves or flowers, but they're all individuals with individual tastes.