Cinnamon Basil ok?

[icelore]

Hi guys! Just a quick question... Is cinnamon basil safe for beardies to eat?

I let Ridley out in my garden to eat in a patch of greens and herbs I grow. There are a lot of loose leaf veggies there, and I like to give him the choice of what to eat and taste. There are greens like dandelion, arugula, radicchio, sorrel, bok choy, and cress, and herbs like sage, lemon balm, flat and curly parsley, and rosemarry.

Unfortunately, I wasn't watching him close enough, and he wandered over my my medicine garden and ate a bunch of cinnamon basil. Like, a LOT of it. I know regular basils like sweet and thai are ok for beardies, but cinnamon basil is much stronger, so I was worried about him. I can't find any info for this online and was wondering if anyone could help.

He basked after he come in from outside, but has been a lump since then. He did eat some some yellow squash and watermelon about an hour ago, so I'm hoping the high water content will dilute the herbs he ate earlier. :/

Any info appreciated!

 

[AHBD]

Hi there....I don't have any helpful info but wanted to say that your gardens sound wonderful, you have 2 green thumbs. Just wondering how your dragon fared after eating this...I imagine he's O.K but wanted to see if you had an update.

 

[icelore]

He was ok, juyst a bit sluggish for a few days. I think the concentration of the oil on this particular type of basil was too much for him in such a large amount.

As for having a green thumb - not really! lol I am just big into nutrition for all my animals, and try to make sure they have a lot of variety in their diet. I live in an apartment so I just have a container garden around the edge of my patio. For Ridley's salad garden, I just have a kiddie pool that I put some hols in for drainage and filled with dirt. All the herbs I got from seed and just mixed them together and sprinkled them around. Most of them took off on their own, and I just take some sissors and sheer bunches off when it gets too tall! I was really surprised how well thing grew from seed, and it's saved me a TON of money from buying greens. Plus there's no waste since I can just pick what I need.