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[redlupin]

I am planning on bring my Veiled Cham in with me to work, I work at an elementary school, and I was wondering what would be the best way to transport her from home to work? Should I get a small mesh cage so she feels comfortable? Or should I get those plastic cages that you keep crickets in? Thanks to all for helping me with my questions

 

[WEGSXXI]

are you going to be taking the cham one day to visit for good or back and forth everyday?

 

[redlupin]

It will be a one day visit, to show the kids a very cool looking animal. And to hopefully teach them something and get them interested in Chams.

 

[WEGSXXI]

then you should be fine in anything your cham has to move around throw some fake plants so it has something to climb on but yeah a little mesh cage would probally be the best plus you can have it set up in your class for the rest of the day ! plus im sure the kids will want you 2 bring it back again haha so then you always have a transporter! .. hope that helps best of luck

 

[Glittergloomgirl]

Id buy a inexpensive mesh cage that breaks down easy, and bring a homedepot clamp light with a 60watt light bulb. buy some vines and plastic plant and your all set for a cheap travel cage.

 

[redlupin]

Thank a lot, I found an octagon mesh cage at a pet store and was thinking about buying that. But it looks kinda flimsy but I will look for some others.

 

[SoCaliSon]

Reptariums make great travel cages...

 

[redlupin]

I will definitely look around at the local pet shops and see what they have. I really like the octagon one that I found so I might just buy that one and show some pics of how it looks.

 

[bucky]

Just make sure the kids dont crowd it...could be stressful.

 

[redlupin]

Just make sure the kids dont crowd it...could be stressful.

Thats the other thing I was worried about, but I plan on having the kids form a line and just have one kid look at a time. But knowing these kids that wont last very long lol

 

[WEGSXXI]

i wish my teachers did somethin like that when i was a kid you sound like a great teacher the kids must love you!

 

[redlupin]

lol funny thing is that I am the cooking instructor for middle school and also a teachers aide during the day that I'm not cooking with the kids.

 

[redlupin]

Ok so I went out and bought the cage, its pretty cool looking. Heres a pic.

 

[Glittergloomgirl]

perfect! I forgot to mention dont forget the spray bottle I did that once and was poring h20 from a water bottle kinda messy

 

[redlupin]

lol I will be placing everything together tonight so that way I dont forget anything and flip out in the morning while I'm driving to work

 

[redlupin]

Well the kids fell in love with Hera, so many questions from all of them. Where did I get her, why are her feet like that, why does her tail curl up, and why isn't she changing colors lol. I got like 9 drawings from the kids of Hera, she was very well behaved until she pooped on me lol. Gave me a chance to check to see how it looked fresh for once. Other than that the kids loved her and a few are asking if they are easy to take care of and so on. So hopefully I got a load of kids interested in Chams

 

[Lancecham]

If you are looking for something just to transport the veiled, a brown paper bag with a crumpled paper towel will work fine. This will reduce the stress of anything visually the chameleon can see.
This will work well as long as you have a cage at school as well.