how to tame my cam

[david sullivan]

I have not handled him too much and now he won't let me near him...bitten twice. what can I do????

 

[kim01]

all the research i have done says not to handle them. it stresses them,and that isn't good.
they are not social animals in the wild.
these animals are for display only,not to be handled.

 

[tru510]

I have a cham who is going on 5 months when I got him he was 3 months. When i would go to put food inside his cage he would run hide hiss bite all that. I started taking him out for a few min a day and i would let him see me put food inside his cage. After a month he calmed down and now is pretty laid back. Chams just dont like people or want to be bothered...

 

[Dankmeleon]

i don't know if there is a way of taming him, after a while of your interacting they will realize you're taking good care of them and be more open to being lightly handled

as far as training goes though


its almost "dog whispering" tactics


i you want to train your cham to be a good hunter, don't flood his cage with crix cuz he'll think he can just sit and one spot and nab one when it comes by, which is fine, except for when he needs to hunt because there is only a cricket or two in his cage.

also i think that if you are quick to provide tons and tons of drinking water, your chams will be accustomed to not having to scrape every drop of water off the leaves, which is why we like it to dry out for a half an hour or so before they get water again, and only turn it on for a few seconds at first


so they seek out the small amount of water, then after awhile you can let them have timed 20 minute mistings and such, just don't want to spoil them or they'll never drink when you only have a minute to mist them!

 

[david sullivan]

thanks a lot for the info, when I said 'tame' him I was talking about being able to touch him and take him outside when the weather warms up etc. He is not afraid of me thats for sure... he does not run or back down.

thanks again.

 

[knighty]

having problems with my male yemen, he is only 5 months and he hiss's and flares up when i go near him....

he will take food from my hand but thats about it....

he will have to be moved soon as he will need a bigger viv.... any ideas?

 

[david sullivan]

what is a gliding frog???
any pics?

 

[david sullivan]

yeah, like I said this guy gets a bit grumpy at times, although today when I had to clean house he was quite good.

 

[knighty]

here is the gliding frog.....

sorry for the pics not being a cham :-(

sorry for pics being tagged, the only ones in my photo bucket are from web entrys...

 

[david sullivan]

so do they actually glide??

 

[knighty]

to an extent, it is more of a controlled descent than a glide. thay can adjust there position in the air but cant go up then down... it helps so they can land directly on the prey and get from branch to branch with great accuracy...

 

[fear742]

id be deliberate in what you do with him and maybe take him out for a little bit every day. i know it can stress it out, but once it see that you are not there to hurt it, its attitude can change towards ya. how much is dependent upon the animal and since you have a veiled, i couldnt tell ya too much. my panther wasnt a fan of me at the start but i took him out for a couple minutes every day and hes calmed down when i go in the cage, near it, etc. my only problem is now im giving him meds and getting that little poop to open his mouth is insanely hard now since he doesnt care that i go into his cage that often so theres a buyer beware in attitude change as well. best way it was described for me was his cage is his territory and when you go in youre invading it. til he realizes that its both? of your territories, hes going to act the same way. so i shared mine with him, bought a couple of plants for around the house and give him a couple hour vacations from the cage every once in a while and we are on good speaking terms. well were. damn medicine and parasites. o well. im done. hope that helped a little