Custom Enclosure: 2 Months strong!

[Forest Gump]

I built this for him. If you see anything I should change that might not be good for him, please let me know. Thanks for looking.

 

[Decadancin]

Although there are a bunch of vines and perches for him to travel, I would add some foliage near the top. This will allow for self-regulation of internal temps and allow him to take a break from the lights if necessary. You could use a pothos, or even some fake vines for this until the other plants grow in. It will also allow for water droplets to be near the top of the enclosure where the chameleon will spend most of his time.
Also, just be careful of smog and pollution from the neighbors to the left.

 

[WAMBO]

What is your water setup?

 

[Forest Gump]

Mist every 2 hours. And we run the fogger to keep the humidity around 60-70%. I thought about getting him a big dripper.

 

[Remkon]

I would add in something other than just bamboo, get some wood from outside for example.
Try some wood of tifferent thicknesses so he has different surfaces to travel on

Its a big enclosure and you will use your cham in it but I also think more foliage will benefit him.

 

[Forest Gump]

Thanks for the advice. Will upgrade to a better enclosure.

 

[WAMBO]

Its a big enclosure and you will use your cham in it but I also think more foliage will benefit him.

I think it definitely needs more foliage, even if it's cheap stuff from eBay. They need places to hide when they feel the need. This will cause less stress.

 

[WAMBO]

I just noticed this on another look. How do ventilate that enclosure? It looks completely sealed = bad. Also, getting that wood wet may lead to warping and mold. Drainage of water is important too.

 

[Forest Gump]

I think, it is well ventilated, the entire back and top is screen, and there are three 3" holes drilled into the sides of the wood on each side. I have water sealed the sides and the bottom, and watching it for mold.

 

[WAMBO]

So the back screen and side holes isn't covered by that picture?

 

[OldChamKeeper]

You made something pretty for human's to look at.


Try this on for size:

Or maybe this:

 

[Peachypink]

So the back screen and side holes isn't covered by that picture?

I just got curious about that too. It looks like the back is covered by printed plastic but if you Blow up the picture, it's printed screen! Kinda cool

 

[WAMBO]

Printed screen? Dang, I wish he was my neighbor! Very nice!!!

 

[Forest Gump]

The jungle background is on the wall behind the enclosure, on the outside of the entire thing. The screen is the total top and rear, then on the sides there are also 3 three inch ventilation holes per side. I am always tinkering with upgrading his palace. Going to head to the beach to collect some drift word soon.

 

[Forest Gump]

You made something pretty for human's to look at.


Try this on for size:

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Or maybe this:

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Super Size! NICE WORK!!!

 

[WAMBO]

The jungle background is on the wall behind the enclosure, on the outside of the entire thing. The screen is the total top and rear, then on the sides there are also 3 three inch ventilation holes per side. I am always tinkering with upgrading his palace. Going to head to the beach to collect some drift word soon.

I had my kids looking for drift wood this summer, but found nothing. That wood will look nice in there! Well done!!!

 

[Peachypink]

The jungle background is on the wall behind the enclosure, on the outside of the entire thing. The screen is the total top and rear, then on the sides there are also 3 three inch ventilation holes per side. I am always tinkering with upgrading his palace. Going to head to the beach to collect some drift word soon.

Cool. It totally looks like it's printed on the screen!

 

[Link]

That's nice. My basement just looks like a pet store.