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Live Plants?
Hey, so I'm considering trying out some live plants in my BP's terrarium at some point.
Any advice on what plants are safe for BPs, and what ones could be toxic to them?
Also any that are relatively small and won't grow too much as I'd like them to not outgrow the current enclosure.
Thank you!
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I have Pothos Ivy in my glass BP terrarium. LOVE it!
1)Easy to care for.
2)Grows nice and bushy.
3)Hardy.
4)Awesome looking plant.
Good luck!
Last edited by AnnieHeart; 06-03-2018 at 02:51 PM.
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Re: Live Plants?
I currently have golden pothos, silver satin pothos, spider plants, red prayer plants, nerve plants, and a pink star cryptanthus with my BP.
Pruning and cutting plants back is a part of plant maintenance, especially if you plan to have them for a long while.
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this is in with my bp: wandering jew in a couple varieties, variegated ivy, some ferns, a button fern, croton, creeping fig and other ficus, cateracterum, vivarium grass, ponytail palm, and a few others I can't remember off the top of my head.
as long as the plant is pretty tough you'll be ok. I like to smack em around a little bit. if they kinda bounce right back, they should be tough enough. also as a rule of thumb I stay away from plants that have a sticky sap or thorns.
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True ivy are actually toxic. I personally use all the the pothos like jade, golden, njoy. I used Prayer plant and parlor palm too but they didnt do as well. Pothos flourishes even with just LED lighting.
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Re: Live Plants?
What do you do when you need to sanitize? Are these rooted into substrate or potted? Just curious because I would like my nicer snakes not in tubs and nice 40G breeders or larger with real plants sounds nice. Also wondering about spider mites or anything else ... I would assume some predatory bugs would need to live in there. More research needed, but off the cuff questions.
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Re: Live Plants?
Originally Posted by AnnieHeart
I have Pothos Ivy in my glass BP terrarium. LOVE it!
1)Easy to care for.
2)Grows nice and bushy.
3)Hardy.
4)Awesome looking plant.
Good luck!
Just a heads up. I googled Pathos ivy plant to get a visual (it is beautiful by the way) and read that it is toxic. I don't know if it would be harmful for BPs but maybe better safe than sorry.
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Re: Live Plants?
Originally Posted by Jmarshall
Just a heads up. I googled Pathos ivy plant to get a visual (it is beautiful by the way) and read that it is toxic. I don't know if it would be harmful for BPs but maybe better safe than sorry.
those plants are toxic when eaten, and in humans if you have sensitive skin the sap of English ivy can irritate your skin. otherwise, unless your snake is a vegetarian you will be fine. to avoid any mistakes I also feed in a separate tank.
Originally Posted by Spechal
What do you do when you need to sanitize? Are these rooted into substrate or potted? Just curious because I would like my nicer snakes not in tubs and nice 40G breeders or larger with real plants sounds nice. Also wondering about spider mites or anything else ... I would assume some predatory bugs would need to live in there. More research needed, but off the cuff questions.
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mine are not potted. if he gets messy on his water dish or rocks or wood I clean it with a mild soap/water mix. same if there is a messy leaf or two.
also when most people start bioactive they get a rush of fungal gnats and or spider mites in the beginning. two ways to deal with the spider mites. one is just to keep the tank humid, the sider mites won't be able to survive high humidity environments. the second way Is to use predatory bugs. now your isopods will already be predatory and do eat mites and other problem insects, but they do not have very voracious appetites for that food source. to speed things up I have used the ol Home Depot lady bug cup. the lady bugs take care of the mites and you get to watch them too. win/win.
the way to deal with the fungal gnats that I've found works best is to just ignore them. they go away in a month or so.
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Re: Live Plants?
Originally Posted by Jmarshall
Just a heads up. I googled Pathos ivy plant to get a visual (it is beautiful by the way) and read that it is toxic. I don't know if it would be harmful for BPs but maybe better safe than sorry.
Pothos is probably The most used vivarium plant, as it is very hardy and will bounce back when crushed by large snakes. And like the poster above mentioned, it's only toxic when ingested. I highly doubt your BP is going to get a mouthful of pothos for no reason lol.
I don't move to feed, and have zero problems with it. My girl tends to strike from branches anyways.
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In the beginning I thought our bp might have had some sort of eye problems. he would always go right up to the mouse and flick his tongue right up on it or boop it with his nose a couple times before striking. he tried from a bit further and would miss from time to time. super head shy too. it was weird. he was also already about 3.25 feet long. so to be safe I moved him for feeding. but he doesn't seem to be having this issue after his winter fasting. the other reason is I'm afraid the rodent will start picking up the clean up crew for snacks if he is not paying attention.
do you have any issues with that?
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