Real Plants! Such a hassle!!

[hbskeet]

I love using live plants in all my chameleon cgaes and tanks. I HATE! I repeat, HATE! Cleaning out the petrolite! It takes FOREVER!!! Sorry I had to get that out of my system.

 

[okiroo]

I love using live plants in all my chameleon cgaes and tanks. I HATE! I repeat, HATE! Cleaning out the petrolite! It takes FOREVER!!! Sorry I had to get that out of my system.

what is that?

 

[carol5208]

i think it is perolite. The little white stuff that comes in the dirt in the plants you buy from home depot, lowes etc. I just cover mine up with large river rocks so my chameleon cannot get at the soil.

 

[meleondollars]

Get organic soil that does not contain any of that, or like carol said cover it up with round rocks larger than your cham could consume.

 

[Aminah Undone]

Perlite. And yes, you should be getting organic soil without the perlite and/or other fertilizers, so you can replace and re-pot all of your new live plants.

 

[Yemen08]

Is the need for organic soil purely for the chance that the cham could consume some soil? Or will fertilizer make the plant unsafe if he's a bit of a leaf eater?

 

[hbskeet]

Come on people...I always replant with eco earth because I get it wholesale...It's just a hassle when you get new plants you have to clean them first and they are normally filled with that stuff. The plants already come planted like that. I know about covering w/ rocks so they don't have access but I like to clean the plants as much as possible before letting my chams live on them.

 

[summoner12]

to keep plants going, best to mix a good amount of sand into a cage that gets a lot of misting or water.

Also use a ZooMed 2.0 or NatureSun lamp... OR go to Lowe's and pick up a 6500K CFL or linear tube.