Harmful Plants And Wood

[Julius2314]

I want to make a more natural setup for my snakes. Petco never has a great selections so I was wondering if I could maybe just dry some wood out and sandblast it and use it, and can I just buy some small plants, clean the plant and roots and use them to? I just know some plants are harmful to snakes but don't know what to look out fore

[DeadlyDesires]

anything that is a philodendron will be ok and anything that says "pothos" on it will be ok to put in the enclosure.. as for drying some wood out.. thats not necessary as long as its not pine or cedar wood you can just put it straight in the enclosure.. the tiny little bugs on it are very beneficial for the habitat.

[Julius2314]

Ow wow lol. Ok thank you for the info :)

[DeadlyDesires]

np... if you ever have any questions about a plant hit up google and ask if its poisonous some are mild like if leaves break the stuff inside is a little toxic or whatever i know some people that use them anyway but personally if it says toxic anywhere i wont use it.. not worth the risk to me. :D

[Chu'Wuti]

Here's a great website with info on safe plants for reptiles:

Melissa Kaplan's Plants For Herps Resources (http://www.anapsid.org/mainplants.html)

She just updated it recently.

[Julius2314]

Thank you :) This was all of much help.

[DeadlyDesires]

Here's a great website with info on safe plants for reptiles:

Melissa Kaplan's Plants For Herps Resources (http://www.anapsid.org/mainplants.html)

She just updated it recently.

lol i was trying to find that site.. lol must have disappeared from my favs :suspicious:

[Chu'Wuti]

It disappeared from my bookmarks, so I've had to rebookmark it! Fortunately, I remembered her name and found it easily. Whew!

[DeadlyDesires]

It disappeared from my bookmarks, so I've had to rebookmark it! Fortunately, I remembered her name and found it easily. Whew!


:suspicious: interesting... disappearing bookmarks..hmm... lol :D im glad you found it cause now i have it :D

[Chu'Wuti]

Maybe because I changed computers, from a Dell to a Mac . . . some things didn't transfer properly.

[DeadlyDesires]

Maybe because I changed computers, from a Dell to a Mac . . . some things didn't transfer properly.

aaahhh i switched from IE to FireFox lol.. lost quite a bit of my favs that didn't transfer over.

[Chu'Wuti]

Hmmm . . . you make me realize that I also switched from Firefox to Chrome for the most part, but I'm pretty sure they work together to some extent. But perhaps not completely.

At any rate, we've got the safe plants list bookmarked now!

[DragonsEye]

Do be prepared for the fact that snakes will be the crap out of practically any plant in no time. ;)

[jarich]

Do be prepared for the fact that snakes will be the crap out of practically any plant in no time. ;)

Not to negate anyone else's personal experience, but I've never had that be the case with any of my snakes enclosures

[DeadlyDesires]

Not to negate anyone else's personal experience, but I've never had that be the case with any of my snakes enclosures


+1 have live plant in both of my snake enclosures.. no issues. i think it depends on how active the snake it

[Julius2314]

I have live plants in both mine, no problems. I have some kind of grass in one and bamboo in other.. they climb and knock them over a lot lol