lokiopolis
Established Member
The new pothos hasn't even been in a full 24 hours and we have already started on the all you can eat salad bar. You'd think at the rate she munches in the poor plants that I starve her!
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The new pothos hasn't even been in a full 24 hours and we have already started on the all you can eat salad bar. You'd think at the rate she munches in the poor plants that I starve her!
lokiopolis
Established Member
I'm partly convinced she knows that if I see her munching on leaves she might get an extra roach or bsfl out of me as I try to deflect her to eating something else (not my plants!)
Persnickety Parson's
Chameleon Enthusiast
Are we absolutely sure they don't do this in the wild? They simply maybe eating plant matter on the sly, after all we cannot yet watch them 24/7 in the wild as of yet....
Of course I doubt people have put pothos out in their natural range to see if they opportunist plant snackers on more "succulent" plants.
Persnickety Parson's
Chameleon Enthusiast
I know pothos don't grow in Yemen, I was suggesting that maybe someone should put some potted pothos out in their range to see if the wild ones munch on it as well.
Maybe there are plants that we offer in captivity are such that the animal can process in a manner that makes it worth while for these animals to eat it, especially advantageous for a species that has a very short time to grow and pass on the next generation in the wild.
It might be interesting to see if the wild ones would eat it.
It's been said that they don't digest the leaves in the wild...but I've never found leaves in the feeds of any of my female veileds that have eaten pothos. I don't have any proof of why they eat them either. Someone needs to do a study.
I do know that the oxalates don't seem to bother them IR cause them any health issues though.
suprdude
Avid Member
Photo of the year!!
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
That is too cute! For some reason I love when I catch them eating their plants...they immediately stop when they realize I see them. Just an FYI...since she is a plant eater, you should get rid of the artificial plants in her enclosure.
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
I´ve the same questions. And wrote something in my blog about it, under bullet 1 + 2. If we would share the same basics, maybe we would come closer to an answer. I´m really curious if my observations are is just isolated situation / individual or if more keepers have noticed this behaviour with the same parameters.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/state-of-mind.2461/
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
Oh no the potho broke out in triangle shaped leaf damage. HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?
"they dont eat veg matter for nutrition, they cant digest it"
Raise your hand if you have seen undigested potho leaves in the poop. Ill be waiting
"they dont eat veg matter for nutrition, they cant digest it"
Raise your hand if you have seen undigested potho leaves in the poop. Ill be waiting
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
Our `field`keepers feedback. Who is experiencing leave eating and who isn´t? What are each others conditions / circumstances? I think this is the ultimate platform to do such poll, with so many members . Sorry, just thinking out loud
lokiopolis
Established Member
I love the discussion this has sparked, very interesting, would love to know why some go after the pothos
Rhea’s mum
Established Member
I used to catch mine mid bite and I would eat a look from her as if to say ‘yes can I help you?!’ 
AmandaS
Retired Moderator
Love how clean your mister nozzle entrance looks!For sale; 6 weeks old Pothos, never used and still growing. Munch ready for your Veiled’s
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jackthejellydragon
Avid Member
I thought the same thing
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
Just drilled a hole through the forex and mesh, and dissembled the nozzle. Got no mister on the top only on the sides. Strategical positioned to water the plants as well spray the leaves.
