multiple cages Vs Connected Cages

[Corpsman82]

here soon i will start building a Wood mesh Adult sized cage for my cham. So i was thinking about building one cage to house 3 chameleons.

and i know i have to seperate them. but the middle cage will obivislouy have the left and right side blocked off. (so they cant see each other)

is this ok to do? anything i should watch out for? any reccomendations on what cham i should put where?

i plan on getting another male and one female. my current one is 3 months old. when he gets to become a adult i plan on getting my second. when that one becomes a adult ill get the 3rd.

and hey if i decide that ill only get one cham then ill tear down the middle walls and he can just have one massive cage.


Thanks for the help guys.

 

[graydon]

The cage would have to be freakin huge to house 3 chams without dividers. As long as they dont see each other they should be fine..

 

[Chris Anderson]

Here is an article which may be useful to you: http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=75 My one recommendation would be not to use treated wood, however. Its so damn heavy that those cages were a real pain to move or do anything with.

Chris

 

[Corpsman82]

The cage would have to be freakin huge to house 3 chams without dividers. As long as they dont see each other they should be fine..

Don't worry ill have dividers for sure. In fact I was thinking about makeing the dividers be able to slide out.then putting the female in the middle and the males on the left and right. That way I can pull out the divider at any given time so one of my boys can get a piece of that "tail".

 

[Corpsman82]

Here is an article which may be useful to you: http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=75 My one recommendation would be not to use treated wood, however. Its so damn heavy that those cages were a real pain to move or do anything with.

Chris

I was thinking of useing red oak.think that would be ok? If not then what type? Just to make it more durable. And as far as weight goes. I'm in the military and whenever I change locations the military pays a company to come move me.

 

[chillenword]

Sorry for asking.. but why would you go with 2 males and only one female? would it be for color purposes? Why wouldn't you want one male and 2 females (assuming you are breeding).

 

[Corpsman82]

Sorry for asking.. but why would you go with 2 males and only one female? would it be for color purposes? Why wouldn't you want one male and 2 females (assuming you are breeding).

Well if I did decide to breed it wouldent be for volume. maybe just here and there. I wouldent want to deal with selling all the babies constantly. I guess I'd get a ambilobe female to breed with my ambilobe male. But I'd have another male of a different local. Just in case I ever wanted to cross breed.

 

[Pure]

Just use pine, no need for the red oak unless you are going for a "pretty" wood. But I paint everything so it doesn't matter for me. I'm surrounded by wood (log home) and at this point, am sick of it.

 

[graydon]

pine with stain looks great. A lot cheaper than red oak

 

[Corpsman82]

well thanks for all the info and yea im sure if i lived in a log house id be sick of wood as well.

so you guys dont think ill have any problems with my chams health as far as ventalation goes? or anything i need to watch out for?

ive seen people on this website make the connected cages alot. just wanted to make sure there wasent anything that i need to be aware of if i do decide to go that route.

 

[Todnedo]

I used top grade pine from lowes to build this one.
It cost about 35.00 to build.

 

[Corpsman82]

Hey todnedo that cage looks great.

With mine ill prob be putting some trim around the frame. Just for a little bit of design. Me and my carpenter buddy will prob start working on it in december. Dudes pretty good with that kinda stuff. Any particular brand/type of stain u guys would reccomend?

 

[SliK JiM]

Hi mate, for the inbetween 'partitons' you may want to use 'privacy screening'. I havne't used it myself but a friend has used it between their connected cages. She built a frame to put it on and it just slides in and out. You cant see through it but it does let air circulate (this would also solve your ventilation problem - if you have one!). The chams can also climb on it fine, as they definitely will try! Don't ask me where she got it as I dont know, plus, I'm not in the states! Just an idea for your consideration!

I always use ronseal, but again, that may only be a UK thing!

 

[Corpsman82]

Hi mate, for the inbetween 'partitons' you may want to use 'privacy screening'. I havne't used it myself but a friend has used it between their connected cages. She built a frame to put it on and it just slides in and out. You cant see through it but it does let air circulate (this would also solve your ventilation problem - if you have one!). The chams can also climb on it fine, as they definitely will try! Don't ask me where she got it as I dont know, plus, I'm not in the states! Just an idea for your consideration!

I always use ronseal, but again, that may only be a UK thing!

yea i could get it. however u can see from one side. we use that for our screened in back porches. u can see through it from the inside, but u cant see in from the outside. so unless i doubled it up one cham could see the other one. and if i did double it up then it would be no better then using a wood panel and it would be twice the work.

thanks for the suggestion though i appreacite it!