Serious question about food

[OrangeJuice]

Hi guys, so I'm a new chameleon owner. My male veiled, Yoyo, lives in my playroom where we incidentally grow marajuana. He seemed interested in it so I put him on it and he's been really enjoying climbing it! Today, however, while I was giving him his ten minutes of plant play, I saw him chomp a bite out of the leaf! I'm not an expert on marajuana (it's legal in my state and my parents grow it) but should I be concerned for his health? I took him away from it and only let him play on the Ivy I have. I gave him some lettuce (after research I heard they actually DO eat leafy greens, pets mart told me they didn't) and he chomped it right down. Thanks for any help guys!

 

[kinyonga]

Be careful Ivies are often toxic.

 

[inkdguy35]

Marijuana is toxic to veiled (and probably all) chameleons. I came upon this in looking for other plants for my veiled. it's extremely toxic to them

 

[OrangeJuice]

Marijuana is toxic to veiled (and probably all) chameleons. I came upon this in looking for other plants for my veiled. it's extremely toxic to them

He only took a bite out of one. Should he be ok?

 

[inkdguy35]

idk if that's enough to do him serious harm. I would definitely get that plant replaced with one from the safe plant list like asap, before he munches any more

 

[Brodybreaux25]

I've only been a Cham owner for about 5 months, and I'm totally shocked by how many plants are considered toxic to chams. Every time I find a good looking plant it's almost always considered toxic. Sometimes I wonder if toxic means the same thing to me as it does everyone else, regardless you owe it to your chams to do your homework first.