Plastic Vs. Fresh

[aplazbarr]

Are plastic plants better for chams than ? Does it make a difference?

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Live Plants are better

Hi Aplazbarr
I was told by a cham owner with experience when I asked that same question a very good answer. He said He would only use plastic plants if he had a plastic chameleon. And to this day we use mostly live plants. We have used a few plastic plants but most of our chams don't like them at all. And of course they really know the difference. We use mostly shefflera or sometimes called an umbrella plant. Some fig trees also. But we do better with the sheffleras than the figs. Of course you have to do what you can afford for your chams.
Elliot

 

[Ren]

This is all true however the real reason for live plants is they will actually provide good hiding for your Cham, sometimes they will eat the leaves from the plants, which is why you must research what you put in there to be sure of their toxicity if any and finally it will help provide adequate humidity levels in your enclosure which is good for them all around...

 

[vtecdreamer]

and lets not forget that a live plant will improve the humidity for the chams as well!

 

[dj special k]

Plastic plants or vines are suitable, but I would choose live plants over plastic. At first i was using ficus plants but then i found out my cham wasn't eating that many crickets, they were all just hiding underneath and around the bottom of the pot of the ficus. So I switched to plastic vines and plants, which i had to mist extra and more times through out the day because the water dries up and the humidity goes down again. Then, when I got my one year old male vieled, I went plastic with him, but then i saw him trying to eat the fake leaves... which pull apart from the vine if you pull with enough pressure. I had to rush in there and take it out of his mouth before he swallows it... which might then lead to an impaction problem. Now I use live plants... non toxic ones of course