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@Rogue I can't really a good idea of the sceening on your cage from your picture. I have chickens and parrots in outside aviaries who are regularly visited by raccoons, opossums, hawks and snakes to name a few, I am pretty good at making windows/cages predator proof. No little feral kitty can compare to a determined raccoon!
I think your screening is too big. I would be worried a small chamelon would get stuck in it. It looks big enough for a kitty to put a paw through.
I suggest you get 1/4" mesh--not chicken wire, but welded steel mesh. Make two layers of screen--an inner layer and the outer layer of 1/4" mesh. Half inch might be good enough and you can get 1/2 inch that is plastic coated. You can get short screws with a washer attached--I can't remember the name of the design, but we get them from Home Depot. Keep the layers separate by at least an inch so Kitty can't get hold of feet.
Good luck. Glad Kitty didn't lose a home over being true to his nature.
@Rogue I can't really a good idea of the sceening on your cage from your picture. I have chickens and parrots in outside aviaries who are regularly visited by raccoons, opossums, hawks and snakes to name a few, I am pretty good at making windows/cages predator proof. No little feral kitty can compare to a determined raccoon!
I think your screening is too big. I would be worried a small chamelon would get stuck in it. It looks big enough for a kitty to put a paw through.
I suggest you get 1/4" mesh--not chicken wire, but welded steel mesh. Make two layers of screen--an inner layer and the outer layer of 1/4" mesh. Half inch might be good enough and you can get 1/2 inch that is plastic coated. You can get short screws with a washer attached--I can't remember the name of the design, but we get them from Home Depot. Keep the layers separate by at least an inch so Kitty can't get hold of feet.
Good luck. Glad Kitty didn't lose a home over being true to his nature.
Having helped my father build our outdoor aviary for my mother's 35+ finches she bread, I agree welded steel mesh is good for that. I built this enclosure with think plastic hex fence on the interior for climbing and wrapped the exterior in aluminum screen to keep loose feeders from escaping. Leaving 2 inches between them.@Rogue I can't really a good idea of the sceening on your cage from your picture. I have chickens and parrots in outside aviaries who are regularly visited by raccoons, opossums, hawks and snakes to name a few, I am pretty good at making windows/cages predator proof. No little feral kitty can compare to a determined raccoon!
I think your screening is too big. I would be worried a small chamelon would get stuck in it. It looks big enough for a kitty to put a paw through.
I suggest you get 1/4" mesh--not chicken wire, but welded steel mesh. Make two layers of screen--an inner layer and the outer layer of 1/4" mesh. Half inch might be good enough and you can get 1/2 inch that is plastic coated. You can get short screws with a washer attached--I can't remember the name of the design, but we get them from Home Depot. Keep the layers separate by at least an inch so Kitty can't get hold of feet.
Good luck. Glad Kitty didn't lose a home over being true to his nature.
Quick question.... If Viserion is so "disgusted" by supers, should I even bother buying and trying horns and silks?
I would try them there great for hydration , silkies are very nutritional .Quick question.... If Viserion is so "disgusted" by supers, should I even bother buying and trying horns and silks?
Have you thought that maybe he was not hungry for any number of reasons? Sometimes they need to learn to eat certain things.
I would try them there great for hydration , silkies are very nutritional .
Rogue please don't take this the wrong way, I know you're working hard to be a great keeper. Many here have worked with tonssss of chameleons and reptiles, they have seen the same concerns posted a thousand times. I wouldnt be surprised if some members have their thread responses copy and pasted lol. So some here can be a little blunt with their advice.
Anyway, arent people nervous about eating new things at times? So the answer is yes, you should try to offer your chameleon as many feeders as possible. Once they try it they will want more. I have not ever seen a Cham that doesn't like supers, horns, or silks. There are times when chams go on hunger strikes though, for a number of reasons, many we don't even know. Could be hormone rush, searching for a mate, bored with certain foods, etc. So just because an animal doesn't accept the food a few times doesn't mean they never will. I have about 13 different feeders usually. My chams 99% of the time will accept the worms, but I have seen moments where they have ignored their favorite supers and taken a Dubia which they normally hate.... so chams are crazy, one of the tricky aspects of keeping them is making sure to offer them a balance without giving into their protests for one type of food. The same way we wouldn't let a kid eat cake every night for dinner because he/she insisted.
I think you need to not get so emotional about critique and be open to the advice of people with many years of experience. Even if you dont like how some things come off, its still beneficial to learn from what people say. You wouldn't be here asking these questions if you didn't need it. People take time and it can be frustrating to see someone snap over little things.
You can try BSFL as well .Moving on, thank you @jamest0o0 and @Kristen Wilkins! I will order a variety of worms and give them a go as well.
You can try BSFL as well .
Was scrolling through and was dragging the thread up with my finger over the reply button when my phone froze. Long story short, I don't know how to undo a reply window after it opens. Ignore this tyRogue please don't take this the wrong way, I know you're working hard to be a great keeper. Many here have worked with tonssss of chameleons and reptiles, they have seen the same concerns posted a thousand times. I wouldnt be surprised if some members have their thread responses copy and pasted lol. So some here can be a little blunt with their advice.
Anyway, arent people nervous about eating new things at times? So the answer is yes, you should try to offer your chameleon as many feeders as possible. Once they try it they will want more. I have not ever seen a Cham that doesn't like supers, horns, or silks. There are times when chams go on hunger strikes though, for a number of reasons, many we don't even know. Could be hormone rush, searching for a mate, bored with certain foods, etc. So just because an animal doesn't accept the food a few times doesn't mean they never will. I have about 13 different feeders usually. My chams 99% of the time will accept the worms, but I have seen moments where they have ignored their favorite supers and taken a Dubia which they normally hate.... so chams are crazy, one of the tricky aspects of keeping them is making sure to offer them a balance without giving into their protests for one type of food. The same way we wouldn't let a kid eat cake every night for dinner because he/she insisted.
I think you need to not get so emotional about critique and be open to the advice of people with many years of experience. Even if you dont like how some things come off, its still beneficial to learn from what people say. You wouldn't be here asking these questions if you didn't need it. People take time and it can be frustrating to see someone snap over little things.
Lol! That's my silly husbandWas scrolling through and was dragging the thread up with my finger over the reply button when my phone froze. Long story short, I don't know how to undo a reply window after it opens. Ignore this ty
Oh sorry black soldier fly larvae .Stupid question! What is BSFL hun?
If you go to tools then you can edit . It only will allow edit short time after post .Was scrolling through and was dragging the thread up with my finger over the reply button when my phone froze. Long story short, I don't know how to undo a reply window after it opens. Ignore this ty
Oh sorry black soldier fly larvae .