I have had a female Jacksons in a, lets say, "Money tree" for a year! and she loves it! I moved her once and she got depressed. Now she is back home, and happy in her M.Tree!
O yea, That is one good looking female you have!
Why thank you!
Glad to hear you have had success with the money tree! She is seeming to love hers! We just included it in her cage, I wanted her to feel more comfortable with climbing before I added this tree, it was temporarily being used outside, as a place to let her "chill" on our deck to bask in some good ol outdoor sunny time. She loves to play on the bottom of the plant, climbing through it's braids, it looks similar to this, but its more tightly braided together...the base is also more "woody" I guess you could say, and easier for her to climb, the top is also filled with leafy branch highways of fun. ha.
so far in her cage we've included :
2 stalks of bamboo, which she loves to play on...(we have TONS of it in our backyard, so Im considering using some of those as well, but the ones in her cage were purchased and cleansed well)
1 Purple Passion Vine, which helps greatly with humidity (her's is much smaller than this one)
1 money tree (pachira)
3 Jungle Vines
1 Giant (fake) green leaf, I use this one for her drip system, it bends perfectly right into her drip cup
1 large ground coverage plant that is PERFECT for catching water, nice big leaves that hold the water for quite some time. but for the life of me, I can't remember the name of it. It was on the safe list, which we've ensured everything was.
2 (Fake) Leaved branches, one is being used for ground coverage to catch any misted water, I'd prefer the water to evaporate off the fabric leaves,(iven she doesn't lap it up first lol) than fall into the ground.. We are temporarily using substrate, to help with humidity, since we have a Jackson's. Once our automatic mister and fogger are in place, I am looking to eliminate the substrate all together. I'd like to keep the ground coverage plants down there instead with some paper towels underneathe. We've been making sure to keep the substrate quite clean and free of any bugs so far, to prevent any issues from arising.
We've placed rocks in some of the planted pots to cover the soil (which is already organic and sifted - but I'd like to keep any escaped crickets / superworms out of there) Some of the other potted plants have a mesh netting securely attached, to allow the soil to aireate...
I wanted to get this plant, while at the nursery referred to as a ZZ Plant (Zamia) but couldn't find anything on it, it looked PERFECT for climbing. So if anyone has any knowledge on it, please let me know!
We did most of our plant shopping in the house plant section as well, so we wouldn't have another battle on our hands with trying to keep the plants alive. lol. I can't wait til the some new plants come into the nursery, I'd like to get her another good tall tree for climbing!
