Mountain Dragon
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They just trying to be HealthyWhy can't they be like other chameleons and just eat the damn bugs?
WARNING ON CHOKING ON DRACAENA MARGINATA
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Klyde O'Scope
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As opposed to real plastic? Or is that from the Dept. of Redundancy Dept.?
By choking on their... it's not really their food... compulsion/impulses?They just trying to be Healthy
Mountain Dragon
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You can’t stop this Sophisticated faceThey just trying to be Healthy
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Mountain Dragon
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Klyde O'Scope
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... I was an editor. Some things still jump out at me, but now I make as many/more mistakes as anyone else.
Plants never are/were food for veileds.
"Some people have tried using artificial plants so that their veileds don't/won't eat them, but wenowdis is fallacious."—Dr. Wayne Wenowdis
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Mountain Dragon
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My veiled never eats plants…. I don’t and won’t put plants and fruits and vegetables for him specifically to eat bc they are insectivores but Veileds still chomp on plants and I’m pretty sure scientists haven’t found out why yet
but I will always have live plants so it’s LESS of a risk for impaction or choking
^^^^ This..... We do not know why Veileds eat plants. All the theories are just that because it has not been studied.
Mountain Dragon
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I really wonder why maybe plants have a special mineral or vitamin they don’t get in the wild and it’s in there DNA to eat it to get the vitamin
Lindasjackson
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This very well may be true but we just don’t know.
Mountain Dragon
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Yup so many things about the world is unknown it’s so crazy I’m pretty sure space is more explored than the ocean I think
Side note... most of the time veiled chameleons in the wild are seen eating vegetation that is not alive, so likely not for nutrients or moisture.
Department of redundancy department
Department of redundancy department
Mountain Dragon
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I did not know that! Hmmm that makes it even more mysteriousSide note... most of the time veiled chameleons in the wild are seen eating vegetation that is not alive, so likely not for nutrients or moisture.
Department of redundancy department
Klyde O'Scope
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Mountain Dragon
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Just an educated guess that is as very wrong
Lindasjackson
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Then it’s likely just for ruffage but we may never know.Side note... most of the time veiled chameleons in the wild are seen eating vegetation that is not alive, so likely not for nutrients or moisture.
Department of redundancy department
Fchamel
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@Beman @MissSkittles
What do y'all think about the brown mark photo? Do you think it's related to eating that plant?
What do y'all think about the brown mark photo? Do you think it's related to eating that plant?
Nope, seriously doubt if its related to eating the plant. It is not very clear. But where that is looks like the area was shedding...
Casket_Case
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My theory is that they do it because we spend lots of money on really nice plants for them and they enjoy our pain so they eat them.
Fchamel
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Yes. She has had it for months now
snitz427
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Captain Obvious says, "This shouldn't affect panthers, Jackson's or other species that don't try to eat their habitats."
I disagree. Even though species might not eat foliage intentionally, like veileds tend to do, they do often snag bites of it unintentionally. I have seen it with leaf litter, where they inadvertently snag a piece and then the daunting task of them trying to spit it out (damn sticky tongues). I just reach in and pull antyhing out of their mouth if I see they snagged something extra. They usually spit it out but take a lot longer to do than I do. They always look at me like they're so embarrassed when it happens.
