Haha Bob I've had a lot of chams hate me coincidentally never a panther.. I'm convinced I'll break this guy in lol.. I have been bit 3 times so far today just moving him from a deli cup to a temporary cage to a permanent cage lol..
Son of atanatar. Been on the list for like a year finally paid off today.. This guy is beautiful.. However he is very feisty and prefers the taste of fingers to crickets o_O
Chances are he will be fine.. In the summer I let my Cham's out on my front porch to get natural Sun.. The one will nose dive about 8 ft off a hanging pothos to the ground if he's in view of a female just to try and get her.. Luckily never broke anything.. Falling to the forest floor in the wild...
As for the substrate issue all my cham cages have a bioactive substrate for the base.. That's not a part I'd worry about..
I'd worry about what carlton said here.. Introducing bacteria and parasites that neither would have a resistance to. Also the chameleon attempting to eat and getting a...