attacking vine

[iLik3LIzards]

so im watching the lil dude, suddenly he charges and attacks a specific point in a vine. basically hes aggresively biting at it. what gives?

 

[saltwaterguy02]

Mine dose that occasionally, I didn’t get the impression that mine was attacking the vine but more it was trying to bite and chew off bits and pieces to eat.

 

[iLik3LIzards]

Mine dose that occasionally, I didn’t get the impression that mine was attacking the vine but more it was trying to bite and chew off bits and pieces to eat.

yeah thats what hes doing, with a bit of agusto.

 

[legacy115833]

my 3 month old ambanja does that too never really thought much of it

 

[draetish]

I think the panthers are one of the few that do try to eat bark when they are young, mine did it too as well as dirt. Now that he is an adult, I've never seen him do it again. Maybe they're just curious!

 

[CNorton]

In one of our SBCK meetings here in southern cal, a member had a panther bite one of the branches seemingly out of stress/aggression. Several of the members observed and concurred that this can be quite harmful to the chameleon. One of the members said her panther had chronic mouth infections/injuries because of it.

Take note of the situation of the cage. Is it an an area with traffic? What stresses can be reduced or eliminated? Sometimes there is nothing that can be done...just thought I'd share the conversation we had in the meeting!