Mushrooms in Terrarium

Geckos Gargoyle Geckos
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Well, this is new…

So, Blue is my male Gargoyle and he’s in a live terrarium, plants and isopods, fun fun. I was cleaning his terrarium a bit, gardening and what have you, and added some fresh soil from my Reptisoil bag last week.

I have mushrooms growing in the terrarium now. I pulled them out because I know very little about mushrooms, but my gut reaction was no. How worried about this should I be? I did a little Google search and I came up with good results, but I would really like some info from you guys. I feel your knowledge on this site vastly outweighs a quick Google search.

Edit:: Unrelated question completely, but when a gecko drops a tail, the general warning is that the regrown tail will not look the same. What exactly does that mean?

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I would not worry at all. I have all kinds of fungus from mushrooms to jellies to slime moulds pop up in my vivs. They are just a part of a bioactive system.
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I have never seen a regrown garg tail but most typically the regrowth is shorter and a slightly different colour. They also will not have the same patterning and generally have a minor difference in scalation

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Thank you! Your geckos have never tried eating the fungi?

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Geckos, frogs, snakes, other lizards… Nothing has tried to eat them. Well… Maybe the isopods and springtails, but that is kind of the point of having them in there LOL

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Ok, this makes me feel better, thank you!

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Any chance you can post a picture of them to help anyone that finds this thread in the future?

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Well… I’ll have to dig around in some trash… But maybe.

Nope, mushrooms are gone. If they grow back, I will get pictures.

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No worries :blush::+1:

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Here is one of the more common mushrooms that pops up in my vivs

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I’m going to guess from the bright yellow that it has some level of toxins present, do any reptiles eat mushrooms as part of their diet?

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I see these guys in my houseplants sometimes. They are referred to throughout the hobby as the yellow houseplant mushroom. Here is a small article on them; https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/yellow-mushrooms.html#sthash.JRvMFByD.dpbs
And yes @eaglereptiles they are toxic. Just as one should not eat the yellow snow, don’t eat the yellow mushroom. :joy:

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As @ashleyraeanne said, yeah they are toxic. How toxic is not really clear, I have never seen reports of death but, as with anything toxic, I am not going to risk it finding out LOL
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I would guess some of the veggie eating species might… BTS, beardies, uros, iguanas.

But I do not keep any of those. And I am fairly certain that the kukri is not going to suddenly develop a vegan streak LOL

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Would you recommend pulling that particular mushroom out of a enclosure of a veggie eating species?
Or would their digestive systems be able to handle the toxins differently to our own?

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I would imagine they evolved to recognize it is non-palatable… But there would be no harm plucking it if you are wanting to be extra cautious

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