Interesting idea for chameleon setup

[Panther1234]

I have a huge screened in back porch in Florida, the temperature rarely drops below 40 degrees.

Can I put a bunch of life plants out there and just freerange my chameleons outside?

Can I put more than one chameleon since the area is so big? Preferably 1 male and a couple females.

 

[Justin Carl]

How do you plan on feeding them?
Free range can be good, but i havent seen it on that large of a scale.
Lighting?
UVB?
Humidity?
Water?
They do establish a territory, so If you can meet all the requirements.....maybe

 

[AFH]

I suppose so. It'd be a good idea to have a place to bring them in when it gets below 60.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

What species of chameleon?

Zerah Morris free-ranged chameleons in a decent sized greenhouse in his backyard ( I think in Oklahoma).

I also think there is an article by him about it on the e-zine site.
You should check that out.

Where is Zerah Morris by the way? Anyone know? He hasn't been here in a long time.

-Brad

 

[Justin Carl]

http://www.chameleonnews.com/year2003/mar2003/free_range/free_range.html



http://www.chameleonnews.com/

 

[Panther1234]

To answer some questions:

It's going to be a panther chameleon.

In Florida it's generally pretty humid outside, except for winter time.

A Florida porch is loaded with bugs, although I plan on feeding him out of a cup too when neccasary. Best case scenario the outdoor plants get loaded with bugs and he gets a nutritious diet of mosquitos, flys, ants, centipedes, moths ect. Florida is consistantly loaded with every bug known to mankind. I do need it varified that this is a good idea though.

Hopefully the intense Florida sun will take care of all the UV.

I'm preeeetty sure I'm going to have to bring him inside during the winter. Less bugs, not humid, and the temperature jumps between 40-70 degrees daily. If anyone can think of a way around that I'de appreciate it.