Mosses, chan It thrive?

[taelife]

Hello there everyone!

I'm planning on buildin a terrarium based in live plants, and found the database on this site very elucidating! still, It didn't talked about any kind of mosses, and I find moss to be very beautiful and wonderful, so, I'm wondering.. what kind of mosses can I put inside it? I found that java moss is rather nice, but I'm wondering, is it possible for any kind of moss to be placed inside? I mean, my cham isn't that much of a plant eater, and mosses absorb nutrients from substacte and humidity, still, the leaves are preety preety small, so the cham wont touch it. But is it toxic? I know that java isn't, but i was just wondering if any kind of moss could drive me to problems.

anyway, does anyone know more plants that can be placed apart from the ones in the database? thanks a lot!

 

[preciouspokey]

Moss

I also am using real plants and I just ordered what was called frog moss. It came from a pet supply place and it is made specifically for use in live animal enclosures so I would assume it is safe for animals. I also love moss I think it is beautiful. One type I found is called Scleranthus biflorus, common name Canberra Grass. It is a beautiful low growing very lush moss, but hard to find arghh. I had planned on planting a tray of moss for the bottom for the water to eventually land on after dripping down. Since moss loves moisture seemed like the perfect solution to me but then again I'm experimenting lol.


this is the only place I have found it for sale.

http://www.bigdipperfarm.com/cgi-bin/searchall.pl


This is what it looks like.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/88845/

They actually call it....Australian Astroturf ...hope it helps.

 

[dodolah]

i don't normally recommend putting any kind of substrate on the base of the cage since it is more problematic than anything else.

I can share what might be a potential problem, other than impaction, when you decide to put the moss inside.

Since substrate generally retain moistures, this can become a breeding ground for bacteria and other organism, such as the dreaded protozoan coccidia that thrive under moist environment.
It release from its oocyst during rain in the nature.
Coccidia is notorious and literally everywhere in the nature.

Some chameleon (not all) in captivity has demonstrate a tendency of geophagy (eating dirt). So, you'll increase the chance of your chameleon getting infected by parasites (specifically protozoan type).

I will let you decide whether you really need the moss.