LeahK
Active Member
This is more a rant about myself than anything else, but I just bought like $50 of plants from the home depot nursery, and didn't even consider that they could have pesticides! I feel like an absolute fool!
I planted tickseed and cornflower in my adult russian's enclosure, that he fortunately hasn't touched. I am going to take them out and wash them, and just leave them in as decorative. I have fed him about 5 hibiscus flowers, which I am hoping is not enough to hurt him...
I am really glad I noticed this before I started feeding these plants to the hatchling I am going to get in a couple weeks, though. Good thing I have been growing my own plants from seeds too!
The large nurseries should really disclose the fact that their plants have pesticides that make them inedible to animals though. Maybe I just became an environmentalist? Haha
I planted tickseed and cornflower in my adult russian's enclosure, that he fortunately hasn't touched. I am going to take them out and wash them, and just leave them in as decorative. I have fed him about 5 hibiscus flowers, which I am hoping is not enough to hurt him...
I am really glad I noticed this before I started feeding these plants to the hatchling I am going to get in a couple weeks, though. Good thing I have been growing my own plants from seeds too!
The large nurseries should really disclose the fact that their plants have pesticides that make them inedible to animals though. Maybe I just became an environmentalist? Haha