Cage Video + SILLY Sven!

CammieNLeno

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Hey guys and gals -

I posted a picture thread of the custom cage I built, and made a video of it this weekend. Without trying to make it sound like a double post.. the reason I am linking this video is to show you all little Svens new habit.

Apparently he is officially potty trained, and uses his cup feeder I made as a TOILET!! The last 4 days I have cought him sitting on the cap area with both feet on the edge.. butt hanging down into the hole!! :eek::eek:

Check the video out, you will see what I am talking about. I need to fill the hole now so that his poop is not dropping down into the crickets that may or may not snack on it?

 
Great footage

really smart Cham,only the pooping part,but in his feeder is a bit strange,but great footage!!!!

What's the distant between the lights and the mesh?
 
Tru510, I am not CammieNLeno, but i bought something similar to it a temp/humidity, high/low, time with probe at Walmart.
 
ever wonder if he is actually trying to tell you something? he knows where to get his food alright, and apparently he thinks the whole operation is quite 'shitty'! maybe he doesn't like the choice of feeders and is showing you he thinks they're crap! literally hehe. ok i'll stop with the puns, but seriously i couldn't help myself! i would actually take advantage of the fact that he poops there, and change his feeding station a bit... i would use another container and place it for his toilet in the same place - but this time, keep it whole so you could just rinse/throw away every so often. then just move the feeding container to the other side. you may have the only toilet trained chameleon and thats cool 'shit' lol.

great job on the whole setup! me likes :cool:. it seems that sven likes it too :D
 
Looks really good.

LOL Love the toilet! Looks like your doing a good job. Wish my guys were potty trained. :rolleyes:

You should think about getting an automated mister from herpmist.com then it won't matter what time ya wake up, he'll always get his mist.;)

You should look into getting some roaches as feeders. They are much easier than crickets.
 
LOL Love the toilet! Looks like your doing a good job. Wish my guys were potty trained. :rolleyes:

You should think about getting an automated mister from herpmist.com then it won't matter what time ya wake up, he'll always get his mist.;)

You should look into getting some roaches as feeders. They are much easier than crickets.

thanks summoner - I am actually ordering one next week! I cant wait too, the mister will be the final perfect addition!

Im super paranoid about getting roaches right now becuase the screening is to large and im finding crickets here and there randomly(it was a drawback with the screening i used, but i think its some of the best stuff i have seen to date for cages) I would imagine that a self inflicted roach infestation might end up getting me killed from my landlord.

I am DEFINATLY going to start a silkworm colony soon, i freekin LOVED em with my jacksons (and so did he)
 
Good video... Where did you purchase the digital temp gauges? What brand are they?

I got the dual one on the right from WalMart (I hate spending money there but I was desperate) and the other from home depot - The nice dual one is from Acu Rite, the one on the left is some generic simple garden one.

The ACU Rite was about 20 bucks, and it kicks BUTT, such a nice gauge.
 
That is a great video. That toilet thing is the most outrageous thing I've ever seen a chameleon do. Love that setup man, you should make a couple more and sell them at the reptile shows...

Glad Sven is doing well!... and that he ended up being a male after all. Pretty cool that we were able to tell at just a few weeks old.
 
I got the dual one on the right from WalMart (I hate spending money there but I was desperate) and the other from home depot - The nice dual one is from Acu Rite, the one on the left is some generic simple garden one.

The ACU Rite was about 20 bucks, and it kicks BUTT, such a nice gauge.

Cool thx for the info im going to buy this weekend
 
That is a great video. That toilet thing is the most outrageous thing I've ever seen a chameleon do. Love that setup man, you should make a couple more and sell them at the reptile shows...

Glad Sven is doing well!... and that he ended up being a male after all. Pretty cool that we were able to tell at just a few weeks old.

Yeah for sure man, i was getting a bit nervous for a week or so when I saw that female at scales n tales actually turned out to be a male.

I woulda loved svenINA all the same tho!
 
really cool that you got a panther, wish could have um here in hawaii

I know man, I feel ya. I had always dreamed of owning a panther, so a tiny bit of the move home was to chase that. I wish there was some concrete evidence of a negative impact on the environment. They state that "The chameleons have no natural predators in Hawaii" but i think that is total BS. Birds? Mongoose? Those huge ass rats that run on the powerlines? I am sure there have been plenty of studies on it, but just doenst seem like it would be THAT BAD to have em on the islands.

They have some Vieleds on maui, but they are "hunted" and terminated pretty much as soon as they are spotted. There was a small colony established in 2002, but I think they took care of em pretty fast.

Here is a link to a PDF that was in curculation and posted around earlier in the decade.

http://www.hear.org/species/chameleo_calyptratus/chameleo_calyptratus_misc_flyer_feb2003.pdf

If any of you guys are curious of what happens to you if you get busted...the fine for getting cought with any reptile other than a jackson or certain geckos is $200,000 and up to 3 years in prison.

I wish that repeat DUI offenders and violent based crimes had as stiff punnishment like that :(
 
Super cool set up man. I am also in the middle of constructing one myself. What kind of silicone and expanding foam did you use for the background? Was it a certain colour?
 
Super cool set up man. I am also in the middle of constructing one myself. What kind of silicone and expanding foam did you use for the background? Was it a certain colour?

I used "great stuff" expanding foam.. the medium grade expansion (it was black), and it worked out alot better than the HIGH expanding white kind.

I also used black silicon on the entire project becuase the clear stuff will eventually turn a nasty yellowish tint.

GL with your project!
 
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