New cage for veiled male

[Pascalperfect]

Ok so my chameleon Pascal is getting too big for his current cage, he is 6 months old and has been growing quite fast.
I have an ideal cage I want for him but cant find one made for reptiles.

I was wondering if I were to put screening around a bird cage, would that be a suitable home for my little man?
The cage is huge, its perfect is height, but im a bit worried about how wide it is since he is still small.

Would this cage be ok? and should I wait before I put him in it or do it right away?

 

[reptilover]

What size is he in now? Personally id put screen on the inside of the birdcage to reduce climbing sides.
He doesnt look to be quite 6 months. But maybe its just the pic. Can we see a pic of yhe cage? I'm sure it woukd be fine just keep track of how many feeders u put in to make sure he's finding them all.

 

[Pascalperfect]

What size is he in now? Personally id put screen on the inside of the birdcage to reduce climbing sides.
He doesnt look to be quite 6 months. But maybe its just the pic. Can we see a pic of yhe cage? I'm sure it woukd be fine just keep track of how many feeders u put in to make sure he's finding them all.

He is about 6 inches with his tail curled up, I got him in late January and he was about a week old. His cage currently is 15 x 15

Heres a picture I just took.

 

[reptilover]

I really like the idea of a birdcage because they come in cool shapes and sizes as well as they are ususally equipped with a lower tray and stand.
I'd love to see some pics as to wat u hsve.. but i thik he'd be just fine in a large cage. Hes ready for some roaminf room

 

[Pascalperfect]

I really like the idea of a birdcage because they come in cool shapes and sizes as well as they are ususally equipped with a lower tray and stand.
I'd love to see some pics as to wat u hsve.. but i thik he'd be just fine in a large cage. Hes ready for some roaminf room

I have the cage on hold at the store, I didnt want to take it home without the approval of people who know what theyre doing! When I get it, I will post pictures for you to see what im working with

I know this may be off topic but is it strange for your chameleon to be upside down often? Almost everytime I check up on him, he is upside down, im not sure if somethings wrong or hes just goofing around. & also he is frequently making a hissing noise, I know he isnt hissing but its almost like a gasping sound, he will do it every so often, could this be a sign of any problems?

 

[reptilover]

A large birdcage has got to he double the money of a nice screen cage. From LLLREPTILE of diycages.com there's for a 2x2x4 is 100 bucks shipped. LLLREPTILE is a little more and diy is a little under a 100.

 

[Pascalperfect]

A large birdcage has got to he double the money of a nice screen cage. From LLLREPTILE of diycages.com there's for a 2x2x4 is 100 bucks shipped. LLLREPTILE is a little more and diy is a little under a 100.

Actually, the one I have on hold was from a pet store down the street who is closing everything is on sale. The cage is only 60$ Alot cheaper than any reptile cage ive seen recently!

 

[reptilover]

I don't know wat those issues could relate to... Is he puffing of weezing? Gaping? Could relate to a respritory problem.. I'd recommend starting a new thread for that one I'm no medical expert

 

[Adam Harrelson]

hey i have veiled kind of like your's but is growing orange like a orange crush veiled from tikitikireptiles.com

 

[Wykd]

We were at HomeGoods store over the weekend and the wife commented on some of the decorative bird cages they had there for keeping various things. I thought of a cham right off the bat.

 

[Pascalperfect]

We were at HomeGoods store over the weekend and the wife commented on some of the decorative bird cages they had there for keeping various things. I thought of a cham right off the bat.

Haha, I have searched every pet store around and the only cage I found that fit my description was a bird cage!
I wanted plenty of room because I was to start using more live plants, but I want a caged bottom with a pull out drawer for easy cleaning access. The way I clean his cage now is a pain! I put newspaper on the bottom and every other day have to change them out.