Orange tree?

[Dunnigan]

I have looked on a few plant lists and didn't see any thing about orange trees being safe for chameleons? Are they Toxic?

The reason im asking is my mom has one orange tree in the back yard that has not given any fruit in a few years and she is thinking about getting rid of it and I was wondering if i could dig it up, re pot it and put it on my porch as a sunning plant for my chameleons. Right now i just move their whole cage out side for the morning and I think having a tree would be easier...

Any Ideas on the toxicity of Orange Trees?

 

[Pure]

I'm pretty sure all citrus trees are toxic.

 

[SoCaliSon]

There are several discussions/debates? on this topic in past threads. Do a search for citrus and there are some good reads.

To save you a little bit... my conclusion after reading through all those threads is... Aside from a few have used them in the past with no ill effects, It seems nobody really knows if the toxicity level is enough to worry about when dealing with chams. I would like to know.

 

[Dunnigan]

I kind figured that. It seems that when the friut of a tree is safe, then the leaves and stuff are toxic. Like tomatoes...

 

[dodolah]

I kind figured that. It seems that when the friut of a tree is safe, then the leaves and stuff are toxic. Like tomatoes...

I was born and raised in Indonesia.. and our cuisines use a lot of lemon/ lime/ orange leaves. I probably would be dead by now if they are indeed poisonous like tomato's leaves.
If you ever ate Thai curry (doesn't matter red curry or green curry), you should know that they actually put lime/ orange leaves inside.

My ASSUMPTION: it is probably okay to put... But, I doubt it would thrive inside of your cham's cage. Since obviously, it's an outdoor plant.

 

[Dunnigan]

Yea i just did a search and read some things that leads me to believe that i should be fine. This tree will be on my porch and used for sunning purposes only. My male dosent eat greens as strange as it is, but i will watch my female for any ill side effects.

 

[Chameleons Canada]

Does lemon trees have thorns?

 

[Dunnigan]

Lemon tress do, but Orange trees dont.

 

[SoCaliSon]

Chams actually don't mind thorns believe it or not, and actually sometimes seem to prefer them. When I keep bouganvillia in my cages the chams seem to enjoy the thorny security the vine produces, utilizing it more than the other plants in the enclosure.