Atlas and his new outdoor vacation home.

[Virgil1972]

What a big boy.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

View attachment 161656 A recent photo of dumbo enjoying his water.

Weww the abuse calling Atlas your Parsonii dumbo. He is not an Madagascar Elephant Eared Chameleon.

Calumma parsonii parsonii love drinking from the garden hose.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich

 

[OldChamKeeper]

Every now and then you gotta take him down a peg. His head swells from being my Parson.

It never ceases to amaze me just how much water they take in compared to other species. I've left his misters and sprinkler on all night sometimes to simulate a long rain cycle and he just loves it. He'll sleep away from them if he doesn't want it, or he'll sleep under them when he does. Clearly doesn't need an umbrella.

 

[Kclarke02]

Despite having a large indoor habitat for Atlas, I needed to get him outside for sunlight and the typical roaming needs of a young male.

Attached are pictures of what I did with a used rabbit hutch. I ended up building a wooden frame first and then mounting the hutch panels to it. The metal wire is on the outside, preventing dogs from chewing on it, while there is a secondary plastic screening on the interior side that keeps the animal from climbing on the metal wire allowing for possible injury from the dogs. Essentially there is a two inch gap in between the wire the cham can climb on and the outside wire.

Shade cloth on top helps with the heat, in addition to all the cover. Also I added patio misters and drought sprinklers which when turned on use nearly no water but still keep the interior cooler and moist. Attached are a few photos. View attachment 160608 View attachment 160609 View attachment 160610

Holy Hannah that's huge! Awesome job!

 

[Virgil1972]

What material did you use for the screen?

 

[OldChamKeeper]

What material did you use for the screen?

I picked up a green plastic form of chicken wire. I mean it looks like chicken wire but it's a soft green plastic. That is what is on the inside which keeps him from climbing on the exterior layer of metal hardware cloth seen in the pictures.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Every now and then you gotta take him down a peg. His head swells from being my Parson.

It never ceases to amaze me just how much water they take in compared to other species. I've left his misters and sprinkler on all night sometimes to simulate a long rain cycle and he just loves it. He'll sleep away from them if he doesn't want it, or he'll sleep under them when he does. Clearly doesn't need an umbrella.

No! He is a Parsonii. Lets let him have his glory.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich