Live Plants for Veiled Cham

[Bessiexj9]

Hi Everyone - we recently purchased our new veiled named Jenny.

Can you tell me

1. what kind of plants would be best for her? She lives indoors and we're in Florida. I have heard that some plants that have been treated with insecticides can kill chams so I don't know where to buy or what kind.

2. Also, what is the best type of lamp for her?

Appreciate any and all help!

 

[Julirs]

Welcome and where in Florida? Pothos, Scheflera, and Ficus are great plants, so are Hibiscus but they are hard to keep alive indoors. Just wash the plants well in a huge bucket of soapy water, rinse well, rinse again , and then repot in organic soil and you are good to go!

 

[jmdavis]

Your going to need 2 lights, one for UV and one for basking. Your UV light should be a tube style light, the Reptisun 5.0 and 10.0 seem to be what everyone is using depending on your cage size. Your basking bulb should be a regular house bulb between 40 and 60 watts but you might have to tweak it to get your temps just right

 

[Bessiexj9]

Hi Again!

I'm in Naples. I really appreciate everyone's responses as I need all the help I can get! I want to be the most responsible cham owner I can be.

I'll do that with the plants and also get those lights. Right now I just have the big Fluker light with a 75 watt bulb but I'll get the tube style light. What is the ideal temp for the cham cage?

Thanks again!

 

[jmdavis]

I keep my females basking at about 80-85 and the rest of the cage is in the 70s range. It seems to cool off a bit right after i mist, but only a few degrees, then its comes right back up in about 5 min

 

[casperpetersen]

the plants I would use....

what about some sort of acacia... or Salix Pentandra (i think it´s called Bay willow)