elizaann2
Chameleon Enthusiast
Ok, that's really interesting to know. My girl is an avid plant eater. Thank you for sharing!It’s important to know what it is exactly that makes the plant toxic. For pothos it’s calcium oxalates crystals. These can be irritating to the digestive tract, which is usually the reason it’s put on toxic plant lists. (Hope I‘ve got this next part correct.) While oxalates can bind to calcium and therefore reduce your animals blood calcium levels, these are already bound from the plant’s calcium so can’t bind to anymore.
Then look at a plant like foxglove. It’s toxic because it contains digitalis which can cause a heart arrhythmia that can be fatal.