bamboooo?!

[niels99]

A quick Look at the Safe plants list showed me that chams van di with quit a lot of bamboo Species..

Are all bamboos nonpoisonous for chams?

 

[Carlton]

Are you talking about live green plants or cut dry stems? Bamboo is basically a giant grass, so probably OK, but it may depend on which species of cham you have. I don't think bamboo is going to provide much benefit to a cham's cage. The dried hard stems are difficult for them to climb (if they are vertical they will be very smooth, hard, and slippery), the leaves won't hold much water, the plant may need a lot more light to thrive, and the vertical way it grows won't provide much perching habitat.

However, the houseplant often trained to twist around itself and is often referred to as "lucky bamboo" is NOT a true bamboo and I have read that it is toxic if eaten. I would not use it.

 

[Carlton]

So called "lucky bamboo" is Dracaena braunii. There are many species in the Dracaena genus with varying amounts of the toxin, but it is listed as mildly toxic on various pet poisoning websites.

 

[wavingsnail]

Also some species of bamboo have leaves with razor sharp edges. I actually cut myself very badly as a kid on a bamboo leaf.

 

[niels99]

Ty for the. Replies.
I Have a bamboo Bush Just aroubd the Coenen and thought IT would Look cooler of i would replace the fake vines with fresh bamboo.
But ill Just use the fake vines.

I do have dried bamboo stems in my Cage. They are horizontal and hè(furcifer Male) seems to have good grip on IT. Even wheb wet. Maybe cuz there are a lot of bumps in the stems. Should i replace those to? With what? Are ordinary branches ok?

 

[Carlton]

You don't have to replace the dry stems if he can use them. If the stems were so large he couldn't wrap his foot far enough around it might be slippery, but they sound fine. Ordinary branches from outdoors are fine too, just give them a scrub with hot water/bleach solution (1 part bleach to 10 parts water) to get rid of obvious rotting bark, mosses, dirt, bird poop or fresh sap, rinse well, and dry. Leave the intact bark alone...it can help hone down their claws and keep their feet in good shape.