When to upgrade?

[bluesox68]

My Ambilobe Panther is 5 months and I'm just wondering when he's ready for his new home. I have a 6x2x2 waiting for him. I assumed he would be in his little set up longer but all the crickets come too him and I don't want him getting fat and lazy! Any guess on when he will be ready for the big home? Thanks

 

[nightanole]

You could always put the cage in the new cage. Else if he can find the food and water you can put him as big as a cage as you want.

Bear in mind that in a few months he will start his last growth spurt and be mowing down up to 2 dozen crickets a day. That might be hard to manage without a hanging 2 liter feeder or something. Once he is 10-12 months the food intake will drop to just a few feeders every few days. My 4 year old oust which is double the weight of a panther is down to 2 queen dubias a week, or 3 supers one day and a queen another day. But during the last growth spurt it was literally 3 dozen crickets day for a solid month. He ate a 1000 count box of mediums in a month a 9 months.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

In the wild, they have a forest to roam through. Whatever space you can provide an animal above the size of a hatchling you should. Make sure your feeders are in a visible and accessible feeder up and the animal will find them. Easy to count their intake too if you do it right.

 

[bluesox68]

In the wild, they have a forest to roam through. Whatever space you can provide an animal above the size of a hatchling you should. Make sure your feeders are in a visible and accessible feeder up and the animal will find them. Easy to count their intake too if you do it right.

Great point. I do want him to get a little bigger just because I want him to be off small crickets for the bigger incloser. It is homemade but I do want to make sure it is perfectly cricket proof!

 

[Craigwyatt]

Your boy looks great!! I agree with old Chamkeeper. As long as he can find his food I'd say move him in.
You can also try cup feeding along with free range feeding. Setup a couple feeding stations around the cage.
But I'd say in the first week of his new cage really pay attention and make sure he's eating. Just to be safe. But I think he will be fine. He appears extremely healthy so I'm sure the transfer will be just fine.

 

[animjason]

You could always put the cage in the new cage. Else if he can find the food and water you can put him as big as a cage as you want.

Bear in mind that in a few months he will start his last growth spurt and be mowing down up to 2 dozen crickets a day. That might be hard to manage without a hanging 2 liter feeder or something. Once he is 10-12 months the food intake will drop to just a few feeders every few days. My 4 year old oust which is double the weight of a panther is down to 2 queen dubias a week, or 3 supers one day and a queen another day. But during the last growth spurt it was literally 3 dozen crickets day for a solid month. He ate a 1000 count box of mediums in a month a 9 months.

Sorry to "hijack", but I am new and notice you mentioned growth spurts and eating more. Could you please share the increments that these happen so I make sure my little guy gets enough to eat. He is a three month old Ambilobe Panther Chameleon. Thanks.

Edit: tagging in case you don't get a notification otherwise, @nightanole

 

[nightanole]

Sorry to "hijack", but I am new and notice you mentioned growth spurts and eating more. Could you please share the increments that these happen so I make sure my little guy gets enough to eat. He is a three month old Ambilobe Panther Chameleon. Thanks.

Edit: tagging in case you don't get a notification otherwise, @nightanole

Hijack noted, enjoy your stay:
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