need advice on ficus

[ibdragons]

If horned worms that I feed my chams eat ficus leaves inside the enclosure,then my chams eat the horned worms ,are they dangerous to my chameleons.? I have panthers,veild,and quads.

 

[carol5208]

no, they shouldn't be. Ficus leaves are chameleon safe, so even if your chameleon ate them directly, they would not harm them. By the way, I don't believe hornworms will eat ficus leaves.

 

[ibdragons]

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Thank u Carol,I put some horned worms in there n the next morning I seen half eaten leaves n I know crickets have never done that to the ficus before.the reason I was worried was because I've heard before someone lost a couple of geckos due to them eating crickets that ate ficus before.thank u again.

 

[carol5208]

hmmm, I never knew horns would eat ficus!?. So you think the geckos died from the crickets eating ficus then? I know Ficus are one of the most popular plants used for chameleon enclosures and they are definitely safe so there should be no problem.

 

[ibdragons]

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I'm pretty new to having chameleons but if I was a detective n I used process of elimination n knowing nothing can break into that cage.yes I would come to the only conclusion that the horned ate a few ficus Benjamina leaves.I've seen worm eaten leaves before. A petshop owner told me about the geckos dying.I beleived him .I was in my information gathering before i got my first chameleon.so he could b wrong. I've been seeing ur threads giving people advice on chams so respect m beleive ur advice more.thanks again Carol.thank u for ur time.
David

 

[ibdragons]

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Sorry I meant I respect and believe ur advice.

 

[carol5208]

oh no problem! Hey I figured maybe I learned something new from you!!! And good for you to question and be on top of things!!!!