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 #2047054


Guyintheback
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 Is this plant safe?

Hi everyone, I’m new to these forums. I just purchased a water dragon and I have found many great tips on your forum on how to care better for him! Thanks :)

I do have a question though, I cannot identify this plant I have here. it is rubbery and very soft....I want to know if it is safe to put with my dragon. It doesn’t seem to be harmful at all but I can’t be sure.

Any tips would be great :)



07/29/09  12:44am

 #2047091


Clouddancer22
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   Message To: Guyintheback   In reference to Message Id: 2047054


 Is this plant safe?

No problem for your dragons but I can’t guarantee that the plant will live very long! Is it pothos? I am not sure, forgorten the name, but it is fine.



07/29/09  05:10am

 #2047248


Guyintheback
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   Message To: Clouddancer22   In reference to Message Id: 2047091


 Is this plant safe?

I know the plant has been in low light for a while now. I got it directly under a repti-glo 5.0 uvb bulb...do you think that will help? I’m keeping it watered regularly.

i looked at some pothos pictures and they look exactly like it. thanks so much cloud



07/29/09  12:01pm

 #2047358


Justv610
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   Message To: Guyintheback   In reference to Message Id: 2047248


 Is this plant safe?

I think what she is trying to say is that your lizard will end up shredding the plant up, not that it will die from no sun/water. I would think that the plant will grow as long as u have uvb bulb/uva bulb and u water it daily. I have a lucky bamboo in my cage, and my WD likes to climb it, but has yet to tear it up.
07/29/09  02:57pm

 #2047715


Guyintheback
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   Message To: Justv610   In reference to Message Id: 2047358


 Is this plant safe?

ohhh he’s just a little guy yet.



07/30/09  12:12am

 #2048081


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   Message To: Guyintheback   In reference to Message Id: 2047715


 Is this plant safe?

i think its a pothos as well and i have one in my cage that is huge.....I take it out everyother month and take really good care of it and put it back in there that way it can get bigger and stronger...and it is doing great
07/30/09  03:13pm

 #2090617


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   Message To: Van_jen2005   In reference to Message Id: 2048081


 Is this plant safe?

I would think it’s a philadendron. Is that the same as pathos?
11/01/09  02:33pm

 #2090680


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   Message To: Asaya   In reference to Message Id: 2090617


 Is this plant safe?

i don’t know--it’s the plant i know as a trailing philadendron; i don’t know what a pothos is. i’d look at anapsid.org. i seem to recall having heard something about toxicity, but i’m no definite on it. melissa kaplan has a whole list, though. check there.
jesse
11/01/09  05:24pm

 #2090737


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   Message To: Tempestborn   In reference to Message Id: 2090680


 Is this plant safe?

i am 100% sure that, that is infact pothos. Its perfectly safe for your waterdragon, i use it in all of my tanks including a big one in my waterdragons cage which it loves to sleep on. Realy just keep it well watered and there EXTREMELY hard to kill. The only time mine start to die off is when it grows up too close to the light and the leaf just srivels up but the rest of the plant is fine. it also grows fairly fast.
11/01/09  07:19pm

 #2090828


87rx7chick
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   Message To: Qwerty08   In reference to Message Id: 2090737


 Is this plant safe?

to keep this plant alive keep it away from UVB light and intence heat (under basking spot)

plants need light to live though. a "day light" compact fluorescent light is that people use for indoor growing of plants (hydro farms and the aero garden kitchen garden)


if you take that info you can have the plant grow well. if you notice the growth of the plant stops then the plant isnt getting enough food from soil and, or the plant is to big for the pot :)

-jessica
(i have a green thumb)
11/01/09  09:55pm

 #2090906


Guyintheback
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   Message To: 87rx7chick   In reference to Message Id: 2090828


 Is this plant safe?

the plant is doing great...its growing every day. Thanks for all of the tips ya’ll...his new viv is helping him grow big and strong. I’ll work on getting some pics soon.
11/02/09  03:03am


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