Purple heart wandering Jew plant okay?

[Ashleigh]

Are the purple heart wandering jew plants okay for chameleon enclosures? I see wandering jew on the safe plant list, but it's a different kind, and I wasn't sure if anyone has used this before? Here is a link to a picture:
http://zvetki.ru/rgimage/150_317.jpg

I just have some lying around, and it would add a lot of color, but it needs to be safe of course! Thanks for any replies

 

[Ashleigh]

Does anybody know??

 

[Ashleigh]

Still getting nothin....Does anyone happen to know if this plant is okay or not?

 

[Turningdoc]

I know, I know... my job

http://www.cleanlinechameleons.com/safe-plant-list/

http://www.flchams.com/safe_plant_list.asp

 

[Ashleigh]

Thanks for the links...yep, not seeing it on the list, so I guess it's a no

 

[crocky]

It is listed in the FL chams one

Under W:
WANDERING JEW (Zebrina pendula)
WAX BEGONIA (B. semperflorens)
WAX PLANT also HOYA (Hoya carnosa) - Vine
WEEPING FIG also BENJAMINA also FICUS (Ficus benjamina)
WILLOW (Salix sp.) - Tree

 

[Ashleigh]

But the one I have is a different scientific name than that one. I think there are multiple kinds and mine is solid purple and that one has stripes and the leaves are different

 

[drcrossfire]

Wandering jew plants? I didn't know we had a plant!

i'm gonna get me some of those

 

[Ashleigh]

Haha! I know, weird name for a plant, right? lol pretty plants though

 

[AmandaS]

Did you ever decide if they were safe?

 

[Calummaty Jane]

What is the Latin name? At least one plant that has the common name Wandering Jew is toxic to dogs and cats.

 

[jamest0o0]

I hope after 6 years they figured it out

I've used wandering jew though (Tradescantia zebrina) without problems, but I don't have veileds either. It seems a lot of plants people use for chams, veileds included, tend to be toxic for dogs and cats.

 

[salty dog]

Wandering jew plant is very pretty, I have one in my panther viv. With no prblem

 

[AmandaS]

I know it was y years old, i just wanted to refresh the subject. lol. I also hear of people using tem with their panther chams but am nervous about using it in my veiled chams enclosure. I just have so many of these plants! they truly take over like a weed.

 

[AmandaS]

6, not y

 

[AmandaS]

Tradescantia pallida is the type I have

 

[Beman]

@AmandaS So I decided against using these for my veiled... Even though I heard from others that it was potentially safe... But my reasoning was a little different. Beman will crawl all over his plants and eat them. My concern was more about the strength of the wandering jew vines. They are not robust and strong. So with a young cham they may be able to hold up and not break but for my 9 months old his grip is intense. I tried a Dracena briefly with him but he tore it up. So I am back to 3 different varieties of pothos plants. They grow very robust sturdy vines that he loves to walk on and he adores chewing on the leaves. They are also very forgiving and easy to grow. Just make sure with any live plant you pick that you will want to put large river rock 1 inch and bigger on the top layer of the soil to keep him out of it.

 

[Calummaty Jane]

Good to know--I really like the look of T. pallida and could see it making an attractive cover plant in a vivarium. On the other hand, it sounds like chams can hurt themselves jumping onto to branches without checking to see if they can support their weight?

 

[jamest0o0]

Good to know--I really like the look of T. pallida and could see it making an attractive cover plant in a vivarium. On the other hand, it sounds like chams can hurt themselves jumping onto to branches without checking to see if they can support their weight?

IME chams are careful about checking the strength of things before committing fully.

 

[Calummaty Jane]

IME chams are careful about checking the strength of things before committing fully.

I would hope so!