Soil

[Spags]

Can someone send me a link to a good soil to use for the plants. Most organic use vermiculite is that ok for the nesting box for a chameleon.

 

[jpowell86]

Most organic use vermiculite is that ok for the nesting box for a chameleon.

Any organic soil will be fine for the plants as long as you cover the top of the soil with rocks of some kind to keep the chameleon out of the dirt. I prefer river rock. I think you'll find most here prefer moist, washed, play sand as the substrate in a nesting box.

 

[Spags]

Any organic soil will be fine for the plants as long as you cover the top of the soil with rocks of some kind to keep the chameleon out of the dirt. I prefer river rock. I think you'll find most here prefer moist, washed, play sand as the substrate in a nesting box.

Thanks. Is a suitable bin for the nesting box filled with organic potting soil with 2 small spider plants an acceptable emergency box? I would like to keep a permanent nesting box of some kind inside the cage in case she decided to drop eggs whenever.

 

[jpowell86]

Thanks. Is a suitable bin for the nesting box filled with organic potting soil with 2 small spider plants an acceptable emergency box? I would like to keep a permanent nesting box of some kind inside the cage in case she decided to drop eggs whenever.

The problem is not so much that it is soil, it's using a substrate that will hold it's shape while the female is digging her tunnel. They can go down some 12 inches and you don't want the soil to fall in around her. So, if you can pack the soil in a way as to make it maintain it's shape(so to speak), then it should be just fine for an emergency laying bin.

 

[Leo Chance]

For what it is worth I spent a good part of my life teaching master gardeners about things such as soil. I use 100% pure peat for the plants in my chameleon enclosures. Peat is used in plant propagation because it can be kept constantly moist without fear of fungi growing in it. I have used it in the laying box & it holds shape well.