Finally Home

GabeCastro

GabeCastro

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I finally got the little guy home! He's supposedly a male nosy be panther chameleon. But he has a bit of red in him.

Onto his behavior:

Once he went in his new home, he climbed straight to the top of the cage. He's been making some laps around the top of the enclosure.

I got worried about him staying so close to my basking light. He would hang directly under the light where it's sitting on top of the mesh. So i moved it about 8 inches away from the mesh top so he wouldn't get burned.

Now, for the past 10 minutes he's been hanging upside down under the basking light. It's about 80º where he's at, but i don't want him to get used to hanging there to bask.

Should i move the basking light back to the top of the mesh? or leave it elevated?

The Mist King just kicked on and he's on the run now. He eventually went in front of the mister and is hanging upside down directly under my reptisun 5.0 uvb bulb.

Now he's eye balling the enclosure upside down, almost attempting to grab a vine. But he's still directly under the 5.0 uvb light.

Heres some pics and a vid of him w/ cage set up, didn't really want to bother him.

Let me know what you guys think!

Be sure to watch in 1080p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exK1sirhOnA

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They all act funny the first few days that they enter they're new home, he's probably just learning the lay of the land (or vines in this case) at least hes not hiding like mine did for the first 3 days he came home. My only concern is the heat light hanging from the drape rod, they get very at the ceramic top and could scorch the drapes and potentially cause a fire
 
Jac1582 said:
They all act funny the first few days that they enter they're new home, he's probably just learning the lay of the land (or vines in this case) at least hes not hiding like mine did for the first 3 days he came home. My only concern is the heat light hanging from the drape rod, they get very at the ceramic top and could scorch the drapes and potentially cause a fire
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Yeah it was just temporary, had it hung up there for 5 minutes till he moved. I just moved it back to the top of the enclosure.

But thanks for the feedback, i appreciate it! He finally dropped down to grab a vine and ran across to the other side of the mesh. Now he's back upside down. I'm just worried about him being cold or getting burned.
 
Looks like a good setup and a cute little guy. Youngsters do like to 'hang' around on their mesh so it's better to keep the light elevated to prevent burns. I would put a basking branch nearer the top and make it so it's no more than 82F on his mesh.
 
DavidBuchan said:
Looks like a good setup and a cute little guy. Youngsters do like to 'hang' around on their mesh so it's better to keep the light elevated to prevent burns. I would put a basking branch nearer the top and make it so it's no more than 82F on his mesh.
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Thanks!

Went through hell to get the little guy too haha.

I'll take your advice and add branches and elevate the basking lamp.

Thanks allot!
 
Oh my god he is freaking gorgeous!! He looks fantastic he is going to be a jaw dropper! Thank goodness you were demanding :D lol
 
haha thanks! You were with me the entire struggle to get him! lol.

thanks again man, i appreciate it. The entire roller coaster paid off!
 
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