Comments on: Reptile Gardens – Growing Food Plants and Attracting Insects for Your Pets – Part 2 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/20/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets-part-2/ That Pet Place Reptile Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/20/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 findiviglio Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:42:18 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=388#comment-1982 Hello Jules, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for your interest in our blog. None of the plants you mention will be a problem in and of themselves (toxicity is mainly a concern for herbivorous reptiles, which will eat the plants). However, insecticides that may have been sprayed on plants can linger and kill frogs. Try to purchase or collect your plants from pesticide free environments. Washing the plant well, and discarding the soil, is sufficient to remove surface chemicals. Certain insecticides are injected into plants…this is not common, but if you have any doubts then keep the plant isolated for 1 month, then wash well. Perhaps you might enjoy my article <a href="http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2008/10/13/my-animal-collection-how-a-herpetologist-keeps-barking-treefrogs-hyla-gratiosa-and-gray-treefrogs-hyla-versicolor/" rel="nofollow">How a Herpetologist Keeps Barking and Gray Treefrogs</a>. Good luck and enjoy…sounds like a nice project. Please keep me posted and feel free to send a photo if time permits. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello Jules, Frank Indiviglio here.

Thanks for your interest in our blog.

None of the plants you mention will be a problem in and of themselves (toxicity is mainly a concern for herbivorous reptiles, which will eat the plants). However, insecticides that may have been sprayed on plants can linger and kill frogs. Try to purchase or collect your plants from pesticide free environments. Washing the plant well, and discarding the soil, is sufficient to remove surface chemicals. Certain insecticides are injected into plants…this is not common, but if you have any doubts then keep the plant isolated for 1 month, then wash well.

Perhaps you might enjoy my article How a Herpetologist Keeps Barking and Gray Treefrogs.

Good luck and enjoy…sounds like a nice project. Please keep me posted and feel free to send a photo if time permits.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: Jules http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/20/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Jules Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:59:38 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=388#comment-1981 I am building a terrarium for my grey tree frogs and I am not sure that the pond plants that are not poisonous to frogs. I have water lettuce, zanthedeschia aethiopica, myrio phyllum and "Curly Wurly" juncus rush grass. On the banks I want creeping jenny and peacock ferns. Is there are place to look up this information? Thank you for your help. I can't wait to move my frogs into a better home! I am building a terrarium for my grey tree frogs and I am not sure that the pond plants that are not poisonous to frogs. I have water lettuce, zanthedeschia aethiopica, myrio phyllum and “Curly Wurly” juncus rush grass. On the banks I want creeping jenny and peacock ferns. Is there are place to look up this information? Thank you for your help. I can’t wait to move my frogs into a better home!

]]> By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/20/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-878 findiviglio Fri, 22 May 2009 01:50:38 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=388#comment-878 Hello Joseph, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks very much for the kind words. Yes, it is a complicated subject…I’ll post updates from time to time. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello Joseph, Frank Indiviglio here.

Thanks very much for the kind words. Yes, it is a complicated subject…I’ll post updates from time to time.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: Joseph http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/20/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Joseph Thu, 21 May 2009 19:42:42 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=388#comment-877 Hello Frank, Just giving you a heads up that these articles are great! This particular info is tricky to come by, and it often differs depending on what animal(human, bird, tortoise, chameleon...what is safe for isn't necessarily safe for others, and some plants are ok in small quantities) you are talking of. ~Joseph Hello Frank,

Just giving you a heads up that these articles are great! This particular info is tricky to come by, and it often differs depending on what animal(human, bird, tortoise, chameleon…what is safe for isn’t necessarily safe for others, and some plants are ok in small quantities) you are talking of.

~Joseph

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