cherry tomatoes

[alan23]

hi would cherry tomatoes be a gd feeder to locust or even a lil bit to my cham?

 

[BocaJan]

Do not feed tomatoes to chams.

 

[alan23]

oki dokey ill eat em lol can i ask why not? they fruit thts why i thought mayb

 

[BocaJan]

I knew you were going to ask me that. I can't remember the reason, but the subject of tomatoes has been brought up before and others who know have answered. Perhaps those others will chime in here or try a search on tomatoes and see if you get anything.

 

[alan23]

best to know then not to know sir lol

 

[Lille]

All plants in the nightshade family contain toxins, those toxins will kill a chameleon. Tomatoe's themselves also contain said toxin.

 

[alan23]

ok thanx for the replys shop ran out of strawberrys he loves em will have to get some soon for him

 

[Sepioteuthis]

Only the green parts of the plant contains the toxin. So never eat of feed the stems, leaves or even the green unripe tomatoes. Ripe, red tomatoes are safe to eat.
I don't know if they are good for chameleons, but they don't contain the toxins found in the rest of the plant.

Other nightshade plants with eatable parts: potatoes, eggplant, peppers. - again the toxin is just in the green part.