Question!?

[CheekyChameleon]

Can Live Moss be used for my Veileds Cage Bottom ? I'm sick of it being so bare looking with just paper towel, i'd like to use something else that's safe for her and that looks good

 

[kenya]

I am not sure but I have been wondering something similar. I would like to cultivate mossy branches and I know how but am unsure if moss would be safe.

Does anyone know? It would surely help keep the humidity up and look very nice.

 

[Vegas Chad]

I would assume you are talking about pillow moss? You could probably piece it together tight enough as to where your chameleon could not get any into his mouth, that would probably look cool too. I know you can keep it alive in a glass tank, but on the bottom of the chameleon cage... I dunno *shrug* never tried.

 

[Dsignrguy]

I asked about this a long time ago, but never got any replies. I know "babies tears" is safe, so thats what I've been thinking about using. it looks kinda like tiny tiny clover and lays flat to the ground like moss. Irish moss would be great, but I cant find any info about it being safe or not.

 

[kenya]

My thoughts were just to get some of the nice soft clean moss that I have growing around here (Oregon is very mossy and it grows EVERYWHERE in big gorgeous clumps and bundles) and do this: http://www.instructables.com/id/Moss-Graffiti/

but paint it on some branches of madrone and let it grow a bit before putting it into my cages.

I was also considering using EpiWeb to grow moss and putting either one of their molded branches in or a panel with moss and pothos growing out hanging in the back of the cage.

http://www.firstrays.com/epiweb2.htm

 

[CheekyChameleon]

See, thats the kind of moss i was talking about, but i'm sure you can buy slabs of it in a Flower store or something, i think it would make my tank look ALOT better inside if i could do this

If anyone else can let us all know if its safe to use, please feel free to post and let us know

 

[Brad Ramsey]

How will you deal with water/drainage issues and bacteria growth?

-Brad

 

[CheekyChameleon]

my tank already drains onto the floor.. but i'm sure i could build like a grate or something under it...theres alot of things out there to help with that, if it gets moldy or whatever, rip it up and wash it out

 

[Brad Ramsey]

As much as I understand the desire to create a more natural looking environment, I really think no substrate is best.
Keeping my chameleon environments clean and thereby keeping my animals healthy trumps my desire to have enclosures with too much decoration.

-Brad

 

[kenya]

As much as I understand the desire to create a more natural looking environment, I really think no substrate is best.
Keeping my chameleon environments clean and thereby keeping my animals healthy trumps my desire to have enclosures with too much decoration.

-Brad

I understand what you are saying, but what if moss was used on branches to help raise humidity? Also, what about a panel on the back of a cage to help contain water spray? Do you see any inherent problems with that? I was thinking to root the moss in a media such as corkflat or EpiWeb for the back of cage and to just use the "moss grafitti" mix to paint onto some branches and them let them develop before placing them in the cage.