little leaf
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well, we have all read the post about chams who get lost- and think it could never happen to MY cham- that is what I thought too - until yesterday 
I had my Panther out in my big cage, it has a tub in the bottom, and many large potted plants - we have had 22 days of rain - and I dont mean sprinkles, these are down pours! anyway, I knew no one could get out of the cage, but even so, I check at least once an hr on who ever is in the cage- with all the rain, it never occurred to me that the plants were getting so much rain in the pots they became to heavy for the bottom, and it bowed it out , making a big gap on the back side I did not see because of how thick the plants are in there - he got out - he also has become horrible about not staying in his indoor cage, as soon as I open his door, he will do what ever it takes to get out, and wants to get on me- or if he gets on the floor, he will follow me- I was telling Laurie it was kinda starting to irritate me , because he is more worried about getting on me than even eating - and sorry Capone- you are NOT eating roaches off my head !! well, it is just this "bad habit" of his that got him found too- I was standing under a tree- and a movement caught my eye- it was him coming down the tree to get on me - I dont think I would have ever found him had he not wanted to come to me- so this is a reminder to give your outdoor cages a "once over" daily- now I am to scared to put anyone out in anything - lol I though I had the safest cage - I am going to BOLT the bottom on - but I am sure it was the weight of the water logged plants that caused the bottom to fail - and I will NEVER complain about his clingy behavior again
I had my Panther out in my big cage, it has a tub in the bottom, and many large potted plants - we have had 22 days of rain - and I dont mean sprinkles, these are down pours! anyway, I knew no one could get out of the cage, but even so, I check at least once an hr on who ever is in the cage- with all the rain, it never occurred to me that the plants were getting so much rain in the pots they became to heavy for the bottom, and it bowed it out , making a big gap on the back side I did not see because of how thick the plants are in there - he got out - he also has become horrible about not staying in his indoor cage, as soon as I open his door, he will do what ever it takes to get out, and wants to get on me- or if he gets on the floor, he will follow me- I was telling Laurie it was kinda starting to irritate me , because he is more worried about getting on me than even eating - and sorry Capone- you are NOT eating roaches off my head !!
well, it is just this "bad habit" of his that got him found too- I was standing under a tree- and a movement caught my eye- it was him coming down the tree to get on me - I dont think I would have ever found him had he not wanted to come to me- so this is a reminder to give your outdoor cages a "once over" daily- now I am to scared to put anyone out in anything - lol I though I had the safest cage - I am going to BOLT the bottom on - but I am sure it was the weight of the water logged plants that caused the bottom to fail - and I will NEVER complain about his clingy behavior again
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