you will need some sort of climbing arraingement other than the plant(s), or your cham will just climb it to death, you could use a fake vine , and it would work perfectly fine, but i prefer to use a natural climbing branch like madrona ,or mansanita, to name a few , you can just stick it in the dirt & twist tie here & there, as far as getting to the pot, you can just break a few branch sections and lay them against the pot, usualy with one end stuffed in the base of the plant so it doesnt just slide off of the pot , as far as feeder cups go, i would highly recomend using them from early on , some chams have a problem adapting to them once they have gotten used to cage floor feeding , a feeding cup offers several advantages , when placed properly you are less likely to get you feeders crapped on, and you dont want him eating right next to, or possibly off of, his pooh, its easier to keep track of how much they ate, feeders are less likely to escape the cage, and easier to clean, you dont want to use clear cups, but you can use white or opaque deli cups that many feeders come in , also yogurt cups or small disposable kitchen ware, although i will say this , with all due respect , of all of the issues of cham keeping , vines & deli cups are the least important of the things to know, (compared to lighting, supplementation,gutloading,parasites, hydration, and other general husbandry practices). it is in your best interest to learn all you can , not only about the species you are interested in , but in chams in general, my advice before you get too far into things, would be to take a little extra time to view as many of other peoples setups as you can , and not just the good ones, but the bad ones too, that way you not only learn what works, but what doesnt, you often learn more from the help pages, and other peoples problems, /responses they get, than you do from just asking a couple of specific questions in the general discussion pages, good luck and welcome to the cham community , if you run into problems we are here to help , but you still need to research all you can on your own, / the branch pictured is about 3' tall, it is madrona, silkie smooth, with lots of little 1/8" branches at just the right angles, you can find em wherever you find madrona trees, ps generally speaking ,the bottom of the cage is not a good place to be , if not feeding, it usually indicates the onset of a problem , so i try to discourage hanging out on the bottom of the cage (or learning to) whenever possible. but all of this is just a matter of personal opinion , and you will have to form your own. and oh! i guaranty you will have other questions !
