Hibiscus

[MiyagiCham]

I just bought some pothos to use in Miyagi's cage (Still trying to position a dowel at the top so I can hang it), but I still feel as though I could use more plants. I was looking into buying a hibiscus for him, as I have heard chameleons tend to like it and will sometimes even eat it. Would anyone recommend using it? Of course, nobody sells hibiscus in the winter, so I have until spring to figure out whether or not to use it.

 

[Gwendalyn.brock]

I just bought some pothos to use in Miyagi's cage (Still trying to position a dowel at the top so I can hang it), but I still feel as though I could use more plants. I was looking into buying a hibiscus for him, as I have heard chameleons tend to like it and will sometimes even eat it. Would anyone recommend using it? Of course, nobody sells hibiscus in the winter, so I have until spring to figure out whether or not to use it.

I use hibiscus in mine, my little one seems to love but they can die easily

 

[MSMorgan]

Hibiscus can be finicky inside an enclosure, especially when inside the house. My advice is to get a few plants (hibiscus, ficus, umbrella) when you can find them; prepare them as explained in a previous post and then rotate them when they're looking a little worse for wear.

 

[MiyagiCham]

Alright, so other than the previously mentioned plants, what are some chameleon safe plants that I could use?

 

[MSMorgan]

Alright, so other than the previously mentioned plants, what are some chameleon safe plants that I could use?

http://www.anapsid.org/resources/edible.html

You might also take a look in the pictures/ enclosure threads to se what other folks have in their enclosures.

 

[MoyaChan]

I have a hibiscus, and my girl loves it, she even eats it sometimes. It's not in his enclosure though bc it was almost dead so I had to take it out to reanimate a bit.
I think that if you go to a... Not a florist but like a bigger place idk how it's called, they can probably give you one, only there's not going to be flowers on it. But you can wait until you get one with flowers, it's up to you.
Personally I use ficus (I know it's said to be a little toxic but a lot of people use it and I haven't had any problems from it), schefflera, and a yukka. As far as I know they are all safe to use, including the hibiscus.