My ambilobe free ranged himself today

[leet13]

It was my fault... I left his reptarium open a bit so that the plants can get more sunlight... I have done this pretty much since I have gotten him and for a while I had put a branch that extended from his reptarium and went over to the windows that are 2 ft away from his cage- he always was scared of the branch and didnt use it.

I searched for him and couldnt find him at first... I started freaking out (we have 2 dogs and a cat- the cat used to hunt everything and bring it inside) my husband started to help me look all over the room. We checked everything 3x over... I went to check the next room then I came back and saw him climbing on my diy trellis (its an eggcrate that I hung off of a curtain rod and my passiflora vines are climbing it until its warm outside again).

I have just begun to "tame" him and he will climb on me and hand feed... When i take him out of his enclosure (3x a week at most) I let him sit on my arm next to the windows by my plants and he will stare out at the cars going by. Seems that he liked it more than I had thought since he ended up in that same spot today and only puffed up at me when I tried to take him away.

I wanted to have a free range for him this year when he was a bit older and more "tame" with me... I guess I had better start tomorrow on this.

How can I make sure he is drinking enough water while on his free range (I have an idea but it may be messy outside of his cage)? He can always go back in and eat crickets or warm up under his heat lamp.

 

[Vicky]

Awww...how nice...that is a good beginning...but make sure your cats and dogs dont get near him...i have heard horrible stories of the chameleon get attacked by other animals...other than that free range is good~

 

[leet13]

I am definitely making sure the door is closed behind me!

Time to do some more reading so I can get his setup right.

 

[KiloTheChameleon]

Good luck, thats cute he was in your plants

The stick out his cage rimindes of my cham, Kilo found the Little Drippers' rubber tube, thus he grabbed it and started to chew it, tried to swallow it and all.. I mean im glad he drank those drops of water... but what was he thinking (someone suggested it was a worm)

Just goes to show, when they wanna do something, they will =]

 

[leet13]

I had him out about 4x next to those plants but I always thought he was staring out at the window- turns out he was probably staring out with one eye at the plants and one eye out of the window... I still dont know how he climbed out over there without the branch being there as a "bridge" for him.

Got some work to do today!

 

[Nikkii]

Free Range?

Well to tell you the truth, I didnt even know that leaving her out of her cage is called, "Free Range"
Sounds silly but I thought I was justing spoiling her rotten. She's out of her cage 5 days out of the week. Either hanging out with me, or her 4 most popular (Yet safe) hang outs.

She has many house plants she hangs out on, depending which room Im in at the time.
She also has a window next to my couch that she will spend hours in. Its on the west side of the house, so shes not in direct sunlight.
She has a morning spot outside, (just outside my room, on the porch), where she bathes in the morning sun, with the option to shade herself.
She spends the dark hours in her cage.
This is where I can monitor what she eats and drinks. And she does very well I must say.
Her cage is kept at its primo. temps even when shes not in it, that way its all comfy for her at night after she eats and drinks her dinner shes off to night, night land.
Sometimes she also does not want to "go to her room" or want to leave my hand.
Im very lucky how pleasant and friendly she is.