Trees?

I have seen pix of cham enclosures that have real live ficus trees in them. Do any of y'all have one in your cham enclosure? Does the tree do OK or do you have to replace them every so often?

I have never had a ficus tree in my veileds enclosure. I have had one in my panthers enclosure and the sap caused him to get an eye infection.

Lucille, I worked with chams for many years before my love for boas invaded my life.

I used ficus, hibiscus, and umbrella plants. They offer a nice hiding place for your lizard that can reduce stress, the hibiscus will not harm your pet if ingests some of the leaves. (veiled's will occasionally eat some leaves)

The size of your enclosure will also help you choose the right plant for your pet.

Hope this helps.....and read everything you can on them, books, magazine articles, and other websites of cham keepers.

Howdy,

I too, use ficus, hibiscus, and umbrella plants with all of my chameleons. Wouldn't do it any other way. Buy them, wash them with a mild soap, clean-out the origninal potting soil and replace with organic.

Not the most recent photo but you get the idea...