Falling

[Allie30]

I read somewhere that chams will fall on purpose as an extreme escape method. Does anyone know if there's any truth to this?

 

[amanda509]

yep. have heard of it many times on here. my cham falls just cuz he's too stupid to realize he cant stick to some surfaces -.-

 

[Allie30]

Thought so, first time i tried to handle mine he fell and i caught him mid air! Thought he'd panicked and lost his footing now i'm thinking he did it on purpose! Silly little things aren't they...cute though

 

[camimom]

i call it the suicide drop.

The fastest way for them to get away from a predator. or in this case, you... is to simply let go and fall.

they puff up and cushion themselves when they land.

many chams have takena 4 foot fall before onto a hard surface and been just fine...

 

[carol5208]

Mine has fallen from about 7 foot plus and was never hurt.

 

[millerman6401]

as long as they get up and start moving right away its generally okay but if they stop moving theres probably a problem, my panther fell from like 4 feet when he was like 4 months old because i had just gotten him and he was terrified whenever i walked in my room, he was alright tho.

 

[coldbloodedAL]

Never had the falling situation, but my jackson has jumped from my hand a few times!

 

[tryme]

my old veiled jumped once when i went in to handle him

 

[camimom]

Never had the falling situation, but my jackson has jumped from my hand a few times!

Kinda the same thing though.
Get as far away from this big thing as fast as chamenly possible [instead of humanly] haha!

 

[Graanto]

Both my chams have done this and both times it freaked me out. My first one reggie, a week after i got him i held him up above my eys and he jumped off. Im 6' 3" tall!!!!!!!!!!. he was fine. Same thing happened with my newst guy Ratchet. I have only had him about 2 1/2 weeks. I put him on a bird play perch deal. i watched him for a few minuets. saw he was very scared, so i went to get get him to put him away and he just fell right off. he only fell like a foot and didnt have any problems. They are built to fall. Awesome creatuers...