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Posted by Hide_Clyde z7NC, USA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 2, 05 at 17:48
| Hi all,
I have a question about some native Australian plants. Does anyone know if any of the following plants are poisonous, toxic, or in any other way harmful to humans or reptiles (this is going into a Bearded Dragon Enclosure):
Leptospermum laevigatum - Dwarf Tea Tree; Diplolaena angustifolia - Yanchep Rose; Grevillea thelemanniana ssp fililoba - Spider Net Grevillea; Lomandra longifolia - "Gary's Dwarf" - Mat rush and Dwarf Mat rush; Myoporum parvifolium; Pandorea jasminoides - White Bower Vine, Pink Bower Vine, and Variegated Bower Vine; Pandorea pandoreana - Yellow Wonga Wonga Vine; Scaevola - Fairy Fan Flower; Rhagodia spingescens - Australian Salt Bush; Maireana sedifolia - Pearl Bluebush; and Grevillea lanigera - Coastal Gem
I know there are other plants native to the area Bearded Dragons live, but these are the only ones I could find in the US.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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RE: Safe plants?
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| If the plants are from the same area as the lizard, then I suspect the lizard will know what it can and can't eat. None of those are harmful for humans to touch (I presume you aren't planning on eating them!). BTW, Maireana sedifolia is quite pickying about watering - apparently it has deciduous roots, which don't like winter water. Mine has only survived a summer so far, I have no idea how well it will cope with Melbourne's wet winters. |
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Hi,
I agree with what Nathan has just said. For your own peace of mind I am including a link to an article you may care to read on poisonous Australian native plants.
Dee. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Australian native poisonous plants
RE: Safe plants?
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| The problem is my particular Bearded Dragon was born in Texas, USA and has never seen a native Australian plant. Thanks for the link on poisonous natve plants, that helps a good bit. Richard |
RE: Safe plants?
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| If a plant is poisonous, it doesn't really matter whether the lizard has seen it before. Lizards tend to know these things instinctively for their own habitat. They never interact with their mothers, so they must learn some other way... |
RE: Safe plants?
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Hi all,
I would like to know if it is safe to put an Aloe vera plant in my bearded dragon's tank, can anyone help? |
RE: Safe plants?
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| I do not believe that Aloe is native to Australia so it may not look natural in your enclosure. However, yes you can put an Aloe vera plant in with your Bearded Dragon. First you have to make sure the plant and the dirt is completly free of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Either can kill your dragon. If you just buy one from a shop you can be reasonably sure it has one or the other kinds of chemicals on or in it. My dragon tends to eat any plant I put in it's enclosure or just sits on it, so I wish you luck. |
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