Cheap Custom Free-Range Enclosure

[Forest Gump]

Using bamboo and climbing rope with some zip ties... you can make a variety of chameleon climbing setups. Here is a version of a lean-to for my Veiled Chameleon.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

no Cage at all?

 

[Forest Gump]

no cage
He just stays in his corner, and does just fine. I take him outside once a day to chill with me by the pool, that's about it.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

I’d be to scared to get him with the door, or wake up fast in the night and step on him if he’s randomly roaming. My female got out one time I found her on the other side of the room on the Jacksons cage I looked for hours befor I found her. when they want to go they go haha

 

[jamest0o0]

How do you mist that?

 

[CJ's Exotics]

And is that MBD ongoing or from a past experience?

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

What is up with his back?? You can see it better on the fifth picture from the top..

 

[Forest Gump]

He stays in his corner of the room, and I shut the door when I am not in the room, so he is safe and doesn't get too lost in the house.

 

[Forest Gump]

I use a fogger and mist him from time to time, usually give him a steam shower too

 

[Forest Gump]

He had a burn about a year ago, and his back has healed up.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

You should be careful with that carpet. How do you maintain humidity? Is he okay?

 

[Forest Gump]

MBD he doesn't have that. Or if he does I don't know how to detect it, nor does my vet.

 

[Forest Gump]

Humidity is high in Florida, he spends a lot of time outside in the backyard - and near the open window too. He gets a lot of sunshine, and has been doing good, besides that burn on his back, etc.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

I would slowly open the door with your pinky every time you come in so he don’t get rolled under the door he’s eventually goin to see the way out of that room is through the doori just hope he never waits behind the door when your out of the room

 

[Forest Gump]

Here are some pictures of him outside today. Not the best weather right now in Jacksonville, Florida - but he enjoys climbing on the trees and exploring the yard.

 

[Forest Gump]

I open it slowly every time. He would venture out around the room the first year, but now he seems to just stay in his corner about 99% of the time. I spend a lot of time with him. A LOT! He stays in that area. I have had him for almost 2 years now, my first reptile pet. The worst lesson I had was with that dang heat lamp, it was too close to him in the beginning and it hurt him, but I won't ever let that happen again.

 

[Forest Gump]

And is that MBD ongoing or from a past experience?

What signs do you see of/ or look for/ for MBD?

 

[CJ's Exotics]

What signs do you see of/ or look for/ for MBD?

I thought that the curve in the back was weird, and in one picture his knee looked swollen, just a false alarm, sorry about that.