yucca tree

[urbangeek]

hi, just went out looking for some plants for my cham

came home with a ficus fig tree and a yucca tree

are the yucca cham friendly?
cheers

 

[SuperRad]

Yuccas are non toxic.
i have a list on my site of safe and toxic plants

http://www.keepingchameleons.com/plants.html

 

[Jordan]

Yucca don't really like moist soil all the time. You would find them natively around the deserts edge in the southwestern US and into mexico. Good placement so that the soil is not drenched all the time might help it out.

 

[jack frost]

I also saw a yucca tree today in home depot ( i had a printout of plants in the buggy ) and was tempted to get it BUT I already had a ficus, potus, dragon plant and a hibiscus ( which got put back, to many people said was hard to keep. )....I was disappointed cause when I pulled up ( mind you I was there to buy nails for my nail gun ) I ran over to a huge display of "umbrella trees" only to go to the truck get out my trusted 1" folder and freshly downloaded printouts and discover these were the toxic ones. did I mention my wife thinks I'm crazy now.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

Wow.

I've been using Porthos for years with no problems, I just found it on the toxic plant list.....damn... it's the one plant I can't kill.

 

[SuperRad]

Wow.

I've been using Porthos for years with no problems, I just found it on the toxic plant list.....damn... it's the one plant I can't kill.

If you notice on my first page under plants on keepingchameleons.com pothos is used by many cham owners. There has been cases of chams stripping down pothos to the stem without any problems.
It is just suggested that if your Veiled is eating plants heavily that they be removed.
I use pothos currently with no problem.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

If you notice on my first page under plants on keepingchameleons.com pothos is used by many cham owners. There has been cases of chams stripping down pothos to the stem without any problems.
It is just suggested that if your Veiled is eating plants heavily that they be removed.
I use pothos currently with no problem.

Whew!

I've never seen montane species eat plants, not saying they don't, but I think that chams from hotter climates might eat the plants a bit more for the moisture?

 

[Dankmeleon]

that is a great point, that must be how these wc veileds are surviving through long draughts(by eating foilage with moisture in it)

 

[Dave Legacy]

Yucca is way pointy and sometimes has razor sharp edges. I'm hoping yours is niether.