Snake Plant

LeapinLeo · 04-17-2007, 03:52 PM

Do you think this would be okay to have in my garter tank? Is it toxic? It wouldnt be in a pot it would be in as the substrate. Or I could put it in a pot, either way!

abcat1993 · 04-17-2007, 04:58 PM

I don't see why not, but I would definitely put it in a pot since it will be disturbed whenever you clean the tank if it's directly in the substrate. Plus you'd have to water it and that would obviously get pretty messy.

LeapinLeo · 04-17-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by abcat1993

Plus you'd have to water it and that would obviously get pretty messy.

That is true. Okay thanks!

GarterGuy · 04-17-2007, 11:59 PM

You could keep it in with your snakes and just use a pot that doesn't have drainage holes in the bottom, so watering isn't a mess. There is always the possibility that your snakes will want to dig in the soil with could be a problem, but the plant it's self is completely safe for them.
Roy

GarterGuy · 04-18-2007, 12:00 AM

PS....If you do buy a plant from a store, make sure to wash or clean off the leaves very well to remove any insecticides or fertilizers that may have been used on it.

Thamnophis · 04-20-2007, 08:45 PM

Is this the plant you mean?

abcat1993 · 04-22-2007, 10:11 AM

I have some of that and it gets pretty tall, fast.

LeapinLeo · 04-23-2007, 11:28 AM

well we have it in a fairly small pot that we water hardly ever and it is maybe 10 inches high. We have had it for like a year! Its still healthy though

04-17-2007, 03:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
LeapinLeo Never shed Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MN Posts: 44 Country:	Snake Plant Do you think this would be okay to have in my garter tank? Is it toxic? It wouldnt be in a pot it would be in as the substrate. Or I could put it in a pot, either way!

04-17-2007, 04:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
abcat1993 Old and wise snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North of Chicago IL, US Posts: 867 Country:	Re: Snake Plant I don't see why not, but I would definitely put it in a pot since it will be disturbed whenever you clean the tank if it's directly in the substrate. Plus you'd have to water it and that would obviously get pretty messy. __________________ 0.1 Jack Russell Terrier 1.0 rough skinned newt 1.0.0 eastern garter http://www.winnetka36.org/ci/ci_name.htm

04-17-2007, 11:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
GarterGuy Brother Snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,356 Country:	Re: Snake Plant You could keep it in with your snakes and just use a pot that doesn't have drainage holes in the bottom, so watering isn't a mess. There is always the possibility that your snakes will want to dig in the soil with could be a problem, but the plant it's self is completely safe for them. Roy __________________ *Roy* 1.1 T.s.pickeringi 0.1 T.s.concinnus 0.0.2 T.s.pallidulus

04-18-2007, 12:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
GarterGuy Brother Snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,356 Country:	Re: Snake Plant PS....If you do buy a plant from a store, make sure to wash or clean off the leaves very well to remove any insecticides or fertilizers that may have been used on it. __________________ *Roy* 1.1 T.s.pickeringi 0.1 T.s.concinnus 0.0.2 T.s.pallidulus

04-20-2007, 08:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Thamnophis Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,313 Country:	Re: Snake Plant Is this the plant you mean? __________________ Kousebandslangen.nl - Member of the EGSA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner. Frank Zappa

04-22-2007, 10:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
abcat1993 Old and wise snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North of Chicago IL, US Posts: 867 Country:	Re: Snake Plant I have some of that and it gets pretty tall, fast. __________________ 0.1 Jack Russell Terrier 1.0 rough skinned newt 1.0.0 eastern garter http://www.winnetka36.org/ci/ci_name.htm

04-23-2007, 11:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
LeapinLeo Never shed Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MN Posts: 44 Country:	Re: Snake Plant well we have it in a fairly small pot that we water hardly ever and it is maybe 10 inches high. We have had it for like a year! Its still healthy though __________________ Oh how much torture it is to only have one reptile!

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