Hibiscus stem?

[Syn]

Is hibiscus stem okay for my veiled? I just caught him munching on it. My hibiscus is leafless now and he's going for the stems next. Please tell me this isn't bad.

 

[veiledchamguy]

Is hibiscus stem okay for my veiled? I just caught him munching on it. My hibiscus is leafless now and he's going for the stems next. Please tell me this isn't bad.

No its not bad but dont let him overdue it. They are known leaf eaters but maybe change that hibiscius to a pothos.

My veiled loved pothos he ate them everytime so i switched to schflerra and then back to pothos after he was full grown and now he wont eat them. '

Just my experience

 

[Syn]

I heard hibiscus is better than pothos, unless you're addressing the steam eating, not the leaves.

 

[mismo2]

i just asked my mom who is a florist and she said it was ok the hibiscus has a toxicity level of 4 which is the lowest posible ( to humans)
'HIBISCUS- ... they are nutritous if eaten and are a great plant overall.'
http://www.geocities.com/chameleoncreatures/nontoxicplants.html

 

[Syn]

I knew hibiscus were non-toxic, just wasn't sure about the stems. Thanks.

 

[BocaJan]

I have a female veiled who demolishes hybiscus plants. I have a couple that I rotate, but the last one I got a big lazy and didn't take it out soon enough and now there are just branches. I hope I get some leaves, otherwise it is trash.

 

[Syn]

I guess there are some crazy chams out there.

 

[Lille]

Syn, did your cham eat other types of plants before distroying the poor little hibiscus? I have a CB veiled that doesn't seem at all interested in any plants, although when I get his new cage set up I'll be putting in a small hibiscus and pothos vine (fingers crossed). I'm erally hoping he'll like them enough to maybe eat a little

 

[Syn]

He only touched the hibiscus. As far as I can tell he left the pothos untouched.