Gnawing on branches??? Is this OK????

[arosstyler]

Hey guys

New dude I have had for a week is gnawing on the big stocky branches of a Schefflera tree in his cage in the morning evey once and a while. I mean really gnaws like he is trying to bite off a peice. Is this normal or OK? I have never in my 10 years with Panther chams have seen this.

Thanks
Ross

 

[Dylan Dutz]

He could be trying to get a leaf, or he could be retarded

 

[arosstyler]

hahaha well the part of the branch he goes after has no leaf even close. so it could be the other haha
anyone else

 

[Brad Ramsey]

I think this is normal.
Several other Panther owners have talked about
similar behavior.

-Brad

 

[Dean Pulcini]

Once in awhile I find chomped leaves and branches in the enclosures.

 

[Tydis]

I think this is normal.
Several other Panther owners have talked about
similar behavior.

-Brad

Yeah, my little guy chomps on his branches, and sometime the river rocks too.

 

[Electric]

Yep mine does this too every once in a while. For some reason he always does it to the same branch, at the same spot of the branch. It's a thin vine like branch, and everytime I see him do it he actually bites off a tiny piece of bark and eats it. Very thin bark though and no impaction or other problem has ever come because of it.

I figure he must be doing it for some reason unknown to us humans, and seeing as he wants to do it, why stop him..

 

[fabos]

ive watched my panters eat dirt, leaves and even chew on manzanita branches...

 

[arosstyler]

good to know! I have not seen him actually get a chunk but he sure tried today looked like a dog trying to chew on a bone for a few seconds very amusing.