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Are these plants safe to put in with frogs
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Posted by Alexis z8FL (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 05 at 1:37
Are the following plants safe for frogs?
Radermacher sinica (China Doll)
Scindapsus 'Silver'
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RE: Are these plants safe to put in with frogs
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| Yes. China Doll is a tree though, and will quickly grow too large for a vivarium. They also prefer to be grown cool, not warm like most vivs. |
RE: Are these plants safe to put in with frogs
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| Silver Vine (scindapsus pictus) is considered a toxic plant. depending on the frogs food source this may be a problem. Crickets will eat everything and if they eat the plant and the frog eats them then your frog gets the poison too. This second hand transfer could be how poison dart frogs get their toxins. If all you feed the frog are fruit flies then they won't mess with the plant in all likelyhood and you should be ok, but no guarentees. |
RE: Are these plants safe to put in with frogs
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| Is satin pothos ('silver vine') toxic to humans or to frogs? Most people look at the ASPCA list of toxic plants, and assume that anything that's toxic to a cat or dog will be toxic to all other animals as well. Frogs aren't even mammals! People also assume that anything that's toxic to humans is toxic to their pets, but I know of several things that humans can't eat, but birds can. So unless you are SURE that certain plants are toxic to FROGS, I wouldn't worry about 'poisonous' plants at all. Besides, shouldn't crickets be fed daily, and eaten promptly? I know some people just dump in a week's supply all at once, but I wouldn't want crickets eating my plants and making them look bad. You also don't know if the cricket is able to metabolize any poisons, rendering them harmless to the frogs that eat the crickets. Has anyone ever actually had a frog die or even heard of a frog dying because it ate a cricket that ate a poisonous plant? I certainly haven't. And how much work has been done regarding how frogs react to certain 'poisonous' plants? My guess is: none. Sure, better safe than sorry, but I, for one, wouldn't be in the least bit worried about potentially poisonous plants. It's not like you're feeding your crickets foxgloves, aconitum, lily-of-the-valley, and deadly nightshade. And even if you were, these plants are deadly to humans, not neccessarily to reptiles and amphibians. |
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