as long as you give your cham what it needs to be happy you shouldnt have a problem mine will leave the tree to come find me and will always be in the tree befor lights out they sleep where they feel safe. they always return when they need to bask or catch some uvb. If you don't truely free range then they are going to get in trouble more often. About feeding both my trees have a cup in their tree to eat out of I try to hand feed them every day but only where their cup is.

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so after my little free range experiment today it seems oscar prefers the window plant to his cage. i used to just leave his cage open 24/7 with the door off and never have any problems with escape, but after hanging out in his window spot and putting him back, i caught him trying to make an escape back to the window twice within a few minutes and had to put the door back on. i think im going to attempt to create a 24/7 free range in my window sill.

does anyone have some good links to free range ideas and setups? ive seen summoners already and its quite impressive, but is there more?

Triton free ranges all day also and pretty much has the run of the living room. Unfortunately, he's not always where he's supposed to be but he does know how to get back. He pretty much goes where he wants and I have definitely found him in some unusual areas. He has a couple of favorite places that I can usually find him. One of which I call Triton's "Ugly Plant". It used to be a nice plant until I forgot to bring it in and it was hit with Maine's first frost. So now it's half dead but Triton loves it...so the plant remains in the living room looking really pitiful...but as most of you have probably found out...what your cham wants is what they get...they run the show and we just follow along
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I just wanna make this more clear.... chams don't leave the free range if they have what they need..... they won't wander off and come back... they won't find people to hang out with .... they will stay in the range because they have what they need, water, food, light, UVB, heat and security. if your cham leaves and comes back, you need to look at your husbandry. If you have any health issues, you need to figure out why. if you have repertory infections, dark colors or any sign of distress, there is something wrong.

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Honestly, I like that my cham roams around. He is part of the household with the rest of the pets that live here including my two cats...and yes I said he free ranges with my two cats. He's been free ranging for 12 months now. My cham isn't distressed, sick, stressed, or has dark colors..in fact he's beautiful healthy and happy. So honestly as far as I'm concerned I don't have anything to figure out. I don't think that every instance is the same nor is every cham and not everyone has to be characterized as an owner with poor husbandry just cause they don't adhere to the norm. Take a look at the pic of Triton taken tonight... in his free range..does he look sick or unhealthy??

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Mine will litterly walk from my free range into living room and chill on my pants just because you dont have a bond with your chameleons dont mean you should tell people there husbandry skills are off sounds more like your chameleon either dont like you or it is lazy.

In fact, that chameleon appears to have a mild case of edema (notice the swelling in the gular region). He also appears overfed.

I was going to say the same thing. He looks overweight. The bulge around his spine and fat legs are tell-tale signs. He looks good otherwise.

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It looks to me the way it is possing arms back shoulders up

Look back a bit in the thread, there is another picture of him showing the same symptoms; it is not the way he is 'posing'.