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What fresh veggies can my male vieled eat?
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In Relation To:
Charlie
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my male vieled chameleon has been tearin' apart the bromeliad I have in his cage..
it's not a toxic plant, but I want him to be eating plants that I KNOW are good for him.
Help?
-JG
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Accepted Answer
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4/28/2010 9:48:10 AM
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Krestie Kate
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Common veggies you can give to reptiles are collard greens,mustard greens and dandelion greens. All of these you can buy at your local giant eagle. Theres no guarentee he'll eat those over the brom.
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Member Comment
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4/28/2010 10:09:19 AM
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JohnJohn
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You can pick dandelion greens from your yard or somewhere outside, but be careful. Don't pick them from any yard that has had any kind of pesticide or herbicide treatment.
I give dandelion greens to my collared lizards. They usually just pick at them a little, but they also love stomping on them and kicking them all around making a big mess for me to clean up.
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Member Comment
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4/28/2010 3:34:26 PM
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kfethe
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My veiled absolutely loves lettuces. I always have endive and escarole lettuce on hand for my uro, but the veiled will also eat just about any fruit or veggie you throw in there. I've tried mine on apples, grapes, cherry tomatoes, matchstick carrots, bananas, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries. I think i've also tried him on melons which he seemed to like and he also ate the different types of succulent cactus I keep around. If you're looking for plants that you can add to the enclosure that are safe for him to snack on you can look on the FLChams website for their chameleon safe plant list.
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Member Comment
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4/29/2010 12:35:53 AM
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EbonayiasGirl
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U can get a Hibuscus plant and put it in there. It's safe and good for them. It has lots of Vitamin C. I'm mad because it's still too cold for the stores to sell them up here but the moment I see one I'm buying it for our cham too. :) You can check out www.chameleonforums.com and check out the live plant data base, it tells all about plants and it's a continous open discussion about different types of live plants that are bad and good for them as well as plain ole safe ones :).
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Author Comment
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4/29/2010 12:40:19 AM
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KidChondro
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thanks for all the replies!
soo... the bromeliad isn't BAD for him?
he just recently started ripping off the leaves.. so I figured I'd give him what he wants- veggies.
-JG
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Member Comment
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5/3/2010 8:41:42 AM
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titus
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Veileds are strange at times. It seems to only be males that will eat plant leaves. I've always used a live Hibuscus or ficus in the cage. The males seem not to eat the leaves for food but more as a alternate water source, eve if water is avalible. I've never had a veiled that would eat picked greens, even hanging. They would only eat from the plant.
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Author Comment
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5/3/2010 10:15:50 AM
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KidChondro
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yeah, Bubba does the same..
I thought about getting some mustard green seeds and put them in small pots and once they start to grow, just put the whole pot in the cage or something.
I'm upgrading him to a MUCH larger cage, but I'm waiting to save up some money to make it real nice before I put him in there.
thanks,
JG
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Member Comment
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1/24/2011 7:00:45 AM
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abi21491
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