Disturbed Sleep.

[JackP308]

Panther Chameleon likes to pester the gecko. I usually have to divide the 2 of them.

 

[jannb]

Probably an excellent idea to keep them out of sight of each other.

 

[JackP308]

excellent maybe but my geckos like to be on their toes

 

[JackP308]

mine are actually divided by another background I placed in chams cage on side. She has two rock backgrounds but i do remove it for cleaning and other reasons once and a while, you're seeing that time. But at the same time I really dont care, I dont think it makes all the much of a difference in them . I know keepers like CLEVELAND Rainforest /ZOO house them together in not that large of terrariums and they thrive.

 

[ataraxia]

let me get this right.....panthers and uro's housed together thrive?

 

[JackP308]

Yes, i did clearly state that if you need to reread its up there.I got the pictures on other zoo thread from few months back, check them out . They are fimbs though. So yes the Largest of the UROPLATUS and they have been their for years they say , so I consider that thriving. In same enclosure. Very nice Rainforest and zoo. If you ever like to make the trip its the Cleveland Rainforest and Zoo. Very nice place to spend the day. You can talk to the specialist and the breeders while you're there. I go several times a year.

 

[JackP308]

They dont interact with each other much as one is nocturnal and the other dinural. I cant say there has never been an issue, but for the most part its just a day in the jungle. They are living well. Thriving meaning perfect sheds very healthy alert animals. I dont know if they are happy. They do see each other in the wild so its nothing out of the ordinary honestly.

 

[millerman6401]

Ive been going there since forever and that thing has always been in the cham enclosure, they do seem to be fine with eatchother. a good friend of mine works at that zoo as one of the managers or whatever sand she said there has never beena problem. i tried to put my tree frog in my chams cage after going to the zoo and he accidentally walked on the frog and squeezed his back so the frrog jumped and fell to the bottom of the cage, at that point my girlfriend was so pissed she made me put em back in the frog enclosure and has never let me try and put stickers back (yes i named my frog stickers) .

 

[ataraxia]

never would have thought those two would get along. i guess a zoo does it, so it means its ok.

 

[JackP308]

never would have thought those two would get along. i guess a zoo does it, so it means its ok.

Everything the zoo does is defiantly not always right or Ok, but this situation yes and Ill give them credit when due. They do have a good exhibit and those two species seem to live well together just fine. I looking to fill a position working in their rainforest section with the reptiles and amphibians this winter.


It's not that they get along. They don't notice or pay attention to one another.

 

[ataraxia]

my last sentence was a bit of sarcasm.

i personally think the exhibit with them coexisting is asinine. who knows when the two will ever meet and what will happen at that point. maybe they will always do fine together, who knows.

just a thought:
how many see that exhibit and think....its ok to put an animal in with there panther or uro (as millerman did). as seen many times over and over people dont do research. many see something and replicate. not to say some wont research it but im sure there will be that one that wont...failure on the zoo's part imo.

 

[JackP308]

i was there today, and no gecko. The chameleon still looked healthy and very active. I could not find anyone that knew what happen or when the gecko left the exhibit. I'll be back next week so I will get to find out what actually happen to the gecko.

 

[ataraxia]

hopefully all is good.