Cage or No Cage

[MetalFox]

So from viewing different Forums and Pictures of how people have things setup I have Notice there are quite a Few ... Cages with no cages? .... what i am trying to say is that there seems to be alot of place were its just like two plants sitting in a room and the cham stays there...

will he stay there or try to go to the ground?
would he "run away" or she...

is this good i mean they love to hide at times so
Let me know i might just let him out when i am home on a seperate plant would this be ok?

 

[jannb]

I free range and my guys love it.......but you still have to have the proper lighting and so forth and I didn't free range until the were 8 months old or so. Below's a link about free range.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/who-else-keeping-their-13878/

 

[Carlton]

I"ve free ranged some chams but not others. Melleri do great this way. Small shy species would be harder to keep track of. Species who tend to sit quiet most of the time might do well. You can't free range feeders obviously. You'd only want to do this in a room that can be cham-proofed so it can't get stuck behind or inside something, burned or too cold. A room with a lot of activity or other pets wouldn't be a great idea. Also, if the climate in the room isn't within the required range of your species you will work pretty hard to give it the humidity or temp it needs.

 

[cushcameleon]

I would think it would be much easier to start off using cages, rather then free-ranging chameleons.