bamboo stakes
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westcoastchameleons
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I believe that Jim at chamco uses them. He might be able to help you out for some advice...Hopefully he will look into this post...BTW, I have tried using them, and they worked fine for me, they are tough to cut though.
Jake
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Ah man I use them plenty in my enclosure. Ill take some pics for you tomorrow as my lights are all off at the moment. I stuck about 6 or so vertically in the pots of the plants, and then used a few to lay across the enclosure frame horizontally. They work really good and are pretty cheap, plus you can cut them to size if you buy the long ones.
I never found them difficult to cut though. I have an ordinary hacksaw and it cuts through them very easily.
I never found them difficult to cut though. I have an ordinary hacksaw and it cuts through them very easily.
This is the whole 175 gal reptarium. Can see the vertical bamboo going to the top in some spots. Some just go half way, harder to see. They are all pushed into the plant pots. 10 vertical sticks total.
Here is a horizontal one going low to high all the way to the basking spot.
Here is a horizontal one going low to high all the way to the basking spot.
booshified
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that is a great enclosure. i love all of the plant life in there
jukeboxpunk
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Ryan Jarosek
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jukeboxpunk
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awsome
Great setup man.
Great setup man.
BocaJan
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Hey Ryan. Don't your chams see each other when your cages go around the corner? My one girl is on constant watch for anything that even looks like a cham and turns dark and nasty. In fact, there is about 2" at the bottom of her cage on one side where the plastic doesn't cover and she will go down there and look into the other cage through those 2" and get all pissy and my other cham.
Chameleon Company
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A word of caution
Saw my name dropped. We use a lot of bamboo. Whatever wood is used for climbing or perches, my recommendation is to use natural unfinished and unpainted wood. Regular bamboo is fine. Bamboo stakes can sometimes be bought dyed green. I would avoid these, as they 1) do not wick away moisture well enough with a sitting chameleon after a shower, and can lead to fungal infections, and 2) I don't trust many dyes, etc. I also no longer recommend plastic perches for the same reason. Fungal infections will occur to the inside of the feet. If so, switch to natural wood, and the infections usually clear with Tinactin or a similar product.
Saw my name dropped. We use a lot of bamboo. Whatever wood is used for climbing or perches, my recommendation is to use natural unfinished and unpainted wood. Regular bamboo is fine. Bamboo stakes can sometimes be bought dyed green. I would avoid these, as they 1) do not wick away moisture well enough with a sitting chameleon after a shower, and can lead to fungal infections, and 2) I don't trust many dyes, etc. I also no longer recommend plastic perches for the same reason. Fungal infections will occur to the inside of the feet. If so, switch to natural wood, and the infections usually clear with Tinactin or a similar product.
jukeboxpunk
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Good info
That is good to know. Tenactin will kill fungal infections of the human and chameleon feet. haha
That is good to know. Tenactin will kill fungal infections of the human and chameleon feet. haha
jukeboxpunk
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summoner12
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haha today my veiled Fred was taking an interest at some humidifier plumbing I was putting over my jackson cage.. he was focused on the pipe with both eyes... i could just hear in my head 'What in the hell is that?!
Ryan Jarosek
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You know in the pictures it looks that way but the angle is just right and they can't see each other. One more cage next to the 24x24x48 would ruin the entire thing.
Took some careful planning but it works.
summoner12
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hahaha my veiled Jake and Fred would do this. They are right next to each other and the curtain had dipped at the very top a bit and you could hear them both scratching at the cage for a day trying to show off at each other..... kinda weird they turned so aggressive now... before at the old apt. (only a month ago) they could see each other on the back couple inches of the curtain and they would just sit there on the bottom of the cage looking at one another confused... no aggression. It didn't happen all day or all the time... but I did notice them there sitting.. it was funny looking.
Ryan, I wanted to warn you about your Melleri seeing the other chams. I took Jake out of his cage and put him near huge Henry and Henry got scared of a veiled cham half his size! LOL I am sure if I let Jake go walking around Henry's range he'd be mad and kick his butt.... but at first site he was shrunk up kinda hiding and looking at Jake very curious.
I now use curtains infront of all the cages so Henry doesn't have to see them all day.... and vise verse.
I think I was trying to tie in the curtains to the bamboo because the curtain rod is held up by bamboo....
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summoner12
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summoner12
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as for bamboo use... Here is a ladder I made for my Panther........ but Henry my latest Melleri is using it since his cage was being worked on (we were in the proccess of moving... the place is a mess)
This is a support I made of bamboo sticks for Henry's range. He will walk out onto this perch when he doesn't want to get wet.
Here is Pat on some of his bamboo perches.
This is a support I made of bamboo sticks for Henry's range. He will walk out onto this perch when he doesn't want to get wet.
Here is Pat on some of his bamboo perches.
