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[Xd Panther]

Hi everyone
I had a Panther back in 2008, he got sick in 2009 and passed on.
Coming up 2012, even though I said no reptiles again, I really have that itch...that itch to do it even better this time.

I just wanted to say hi. I am getting together masses of info and a nice parts list together, I am planning a 24x24x40 for one male panther.
I will be posting questions here and there, maybe a barrage, I don't know.

I am excited and will be collecting parts for the next several months and building up the cage setup well before I put a panther in there.

I look forward, and this site has already been great learning material. Boy are there alot of drainage options, lol.
Nick

 

[laurie]

Hello Nick, welcome to the forum and back to the hobby. If you take a look at the classifieds you can get a lot of the things you might want/need.

If you have any questions, just ask. You may get 4 people with 4 opinions, but you will get lots of info.

 

[Josh diegosuarez]

Welcome back mate and good luck is it a mesh setup your using ?


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[Xd Panther]

Good point - I love more than one opinion, it's more than one option for me

I don't have the setup yet, but it will be metal mesh. I like the black ones from LLL Rep and it seems their drainage tray is pretty easy to manage. I just have to figure the easiest way to drain it if I have live plants. We shall see. I would love a DIY project, but I don't have the time for it.

I had a Reptarium, and too many drawbacks, ie. hard visibility in to cage, crickets get stuck under "in cage" tray, etc.

 

[Josh diegosuarez]

Cool and yeah I wanted to make my own but working allday you don't have time do you never mind and I just got my panther a new flexarium I noticed it's really dark I'm setting it all up on Saturday so I shall see il be posting pics so look out


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[SxHLegend]

Making your own isn't that hard really. I literally made mine yesterday it's 2'x2'x4'

That only took me 2 hours to build! I'll try and get a picture up!

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. This is a great place to learn about chameleons. I keep veileds, panthers and have a parsonii. They are all fascinating animals and an absolute pleasure to keep. What age panther are you looking to buy? A 40 inch high cage will work well for a panther 4 or 5 months old until close to an adult. Then he will need a larger cage. The bigger the better but at least 48 inches high. I'm attaching my blog below for new keepers. I'm sure things have changes since you last had a chameleon.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html

 

[suzi]

Welcome back to the hobby Nick!

 

[Josh diegosuarez]

Making your own isn't that hard really. I literally made mine yesterday it's 2'x2'x4'

That only took me 2 hours to build! I'll try and get a picture up!

I've decided I'm gona make my own


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[Xd Panther]

See, if I wanted to build one out of wood, I would.
I prefer my cage to be metal, and I don't want to deal with cutting metal, pilot holes, etc.

Is yours metal or wood?