New-NewPicasso
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Hello everyone,
I have an ambilobe panther chameleon named Newman Picasso. He's 1 year and 8 months old. I've had him since the end of April last year when he was 7 months old. My family and I have since moved upgraded his cage setup. I need some expertise Firstly, his cage is 23.75″ Wide x 23″ Deep x 48″ High. It has a screen front and the side walls and back are made of clear pvc. His cage is in the living room on a wooden table towards the corner where the lamp is. As you'll see in the pictures below, his cage is next to the shelves which see into the kitchen. The front of his cage faces the living room (which means he faces the tv, the couches, coffee table). The back of his cage faces the shelves which see into the kitchen, and that's what I'm concerned about. I think the back is a bit bare. When you walk into the kitchen, he can see us on his basking branch. Now if I'm in the living room, depending on what part of the couch I'm sitting at, he should be hidden behind his ficus tree. Anyways, I'm concerned about him being stressed out because he can see us when we're in the living room PLUS the kitchen. And at least one of us will be moving in and out of the kitchen and the living room, and so that means we go around the cage when we do. What should I do? The living room is the only place we can keep him because we don't have any room in our bedrooms. We have 2 dogs, who are in the living room at different times of the day. Sometimes it's one, sometimes it's both. They never pay attention to him and I would like to think that he's used to seeing them and he does have places to hide if he doesn't want to see them. Anyways, what I want to know from you guys if putting more plants that hang by suction cups on the sides so it blocks his view of us is the best solution? I will say our house isn't chaotic at all. There's only three of us: My mom, older brother, and I. No little kids, but our two dogs. And they're not in the living room all the time. The living room is very low traffic. I'm the one that's in the living room the most out of my family (watching tv or on my laptop). You rarely see all three of us in the living room at the same time. My mom is always in her little office near the living room and my brother is always in his bedroom. So we're usually spread out all day. A lot of times I'm in the kitchen on my laptop so the living room can be totally empty at times. I believe he's become very used to us over the course of a year but I just want him to be secure and have as little stress as possible. This is the the 3rd upgrade we've done for him. I'm proud of his new cage (my mom and I set it up together) but I know that there's room for improvement.
I have an ambilobe panther chameleon named Newman Picasso. He's 1 year and 8 months old. I've had him since the end of April last year when he was 7 months old. My family and I have since moved upgraded his cage setup. I need some expertise Firstly, his cage is 23.75″ Wide x 23″ Deep x 48″ High. It has a screen front and the side walls and back are made of clear pvc. His cage is in the living room on a wooden table towards the corner where the lamp is. As you'll see in the pictures below, his cage is next to the shelves which see into the kitchen. The front of his cage faces the living room (which means he faces the tv, the couches, coffee table). The back of his cage faces the shelves which see into the kitchen, and that's what I'm concerned about. I think the back is a bit bare. When you walk into the kitchen, he can see us on his basking branch. Now if I'm in the living room, depending on what part of the couch I'm sitting at, he should be hidden behind his ficus tree. Anyways, I'm concerned about him being stressed out because he can see us when we're in the living room PLUS the kitchen. And at least one of us will be moving in and out of the kitchen and the living room, and so that means we go around the cage when we do. What should I do? The living room is the only place we can keep him because we don't have any room in our bedrooms. We have 2 dogs, who are in the living room at different times of the day. Sometimes it's one, sometimes it's both. They never pay attention to him and I would like to think that he's used to seeing them and he does have places to hide if he doesn't want to see them. Anyways, what I want to know from you guys if putting more plants that hang by suction cups on the sides so it blocks his view of us is the best solution? I will say our house isn't chaotic at all. There's only three of us: My mom, older brother, and I. No little kids, but our two dogs. And they're not in the living room all the time. The living room is very low traffic. I'm the one that's in the living room the most out of my family (watching tv or on my laptop). You rarely see all three of us in the living room at the same time. My mom is always in her little office near the living room and my brother is always in his bedroom. So we're usually spread out all day. A lot of times I'm in the kitchen on my laptop so the living room can be totally empty at times. I believe he's become very used to us over the course of a year but I just want him to be secure and have as little stress as possible. This is the the 3rd upgrade we've done for him. I'm proud of his new cage (my mom and I set it up together) but I know that there's room for improvement.