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Live Plants ?
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In Relation To:
El Snako or Hugz
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hi im looking of maybe adding a live plant like a ficus or somthing in my cage im just wondering what would be safe for my adult ball python i know to make sure there is no pestiseds or fertisers im just wondering what plants would be safe
here is a pic of his cage im looking for more ideas how do decrotie aswell
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Member Comment
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11/7/2008 11:33:59 PM
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aaron
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I've used pothos from Walmart without incident.. Rinse and repot them.. And you should be fine... But that's just my opinion, I don't really know what kinds of fertilizers or pesticides would cause a problem.. So for me, ignorance is bliss, and everyone has a pothos in their cage... I like having live plants, they're kinda fun and grow very quickly.
However once a plant is in an animals cage, it stays with the animal, not the cage... I'm paranoid like that. :)
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11/8/2008 1:02:40 AM
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bwaffa
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Is that thing from Little Shop of Horrors a no go?
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Member Comment
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11/8/2008 1:03:40 AM
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dalvers63
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With a ball python, you'll want something that can withstand the weight of a heavy bodied snake. Check out "The Art of Keeping Snakes" by Phillipe de Vosjoli. It's a great book on making naturalistic vivariums for keeping snakes.
Pothos (as Aaron mentioned), mother in law tongues or "Snake" plants are all good choices. A ficus would probably be too delicate to survive a ball python climbing on it.
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11/8/2008 1:05:38 AM
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bwaffa
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Is that thing from Little Shop of Horrors a no go?
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Accepted Answer
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11/8/2008 8:24:03 AM
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manunited1
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Usually the pesticide/fertizer thing is more of a problem foe vegetarian herps. Anything that would possibly ingest the plant you have to be real careful with. You should still soak & rinse the plant like Aaron said. You can also buy the plant and hold onto it for a month or so so that any pesticide or fertilizer is dissapated before adding it to your herps enclosure. The only thinmg that would take more time would be if the fertilizer happens to be granular. If so you would see it around the base of the plant on the soil. You should remove this anyway because you do not want to burn the plant by putting into a lowlight situation ( inside the cage, inside your house).
There are some other plants that will work out nicely, but as previously stated it should withstant the weight of the snake, or herp intented to use it.
Here are a few options.
Dracena marginata
Dracena massageana
Dracena warneckii & "goldstar"
Basically anything in Dracena will work.
Chamaedorea Palms.
Pothos & Philodendron
Bromeliads work well also to add some color & flair. You an use thoe in areas where the snake may not be able to get to just for decoration as well.
Hope this helps.
Phil
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11/8/2008 9:47:39 AM
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Krymsan
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Bwaffa I definately think Audry II is a no go from little shop of horrors..
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Author Comment
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11/9/2008 7:29:14 PM
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Mintsiez
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thank you guys for all your help il be going to walmart this weekend and ill put some new pics up to show you how it looks when im done
ps im still looking for more ideas for the cage if you have any
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