Curtis James
Established Member
All that room to hang and he wants to climb the roof! Grr!
Day one! The nerves, and excitement!
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All that room to hang and he wants to climb the roof! Grr!
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Welcome to the Forums! Sorry to jump on you straight out of the gate but I strongly suggest raising the basking lights up off the screen. Belly burns are without a doubt the most common injury suffered by captive youngsters.
CamoChameleonsHuman
Chameleon Enthusiast
What's weird is my little man hasn't hung on the side or upside down on his cage once. Isn't it a sign that something isn't right in their Viv if theyre climbing on the screens?
Darthroastcoffee
Avid Member
I feel like rope isn’t the best choice, Especially that rope. Your just asking for a snag or a stuck nail. Not to mention how much bacteria it would hold.
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Possibly
brockpanther on ig
New Member
I remember reading somewhere that it's normal for them to climb on the screens for the first day or so because they're figuring out their habitat. If it goes on for a long time, then that's a sign their enclosure is not comfortable
snitz427
Chameleon Enthusiast
My vote is no, not weird for a baby. Both my baby veileds did this for a bit while babies. They would especially like to hang upside near the basking light (which is raised a few inches). They did all sorts of things that made a new mom paranoid, but grew out of (most of) them pretty quickly.
Now that my boy is older, however, he only does it if he is hunting crickets, or if he is protesting that his free range time is up! He will crawl on the screen wherever I am like “i’ll be good!”
EveryGreen
Established Member
No. My Cham used to do it all the time. He used to be all over the top at the UVB lights. Now that he’s old and lazy now he’s stopped.
Calypratus
Established Member
I've used rope as vines with chameleon in the past and we didn't have any issues at all.
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