New free range

[mgebbie]

I decided to make Thorium a free range for when I come home from work. The last few days he's realized that when I come home he gets to come out and "play." However, instead of playing and exploring he goes straight to sleep at the top! At 6 pm...two hours before bedtime! He's about 8 feet off the ground up there making it quite difficult for 5' 6" me to get him back to his cage. Little booger

 

[ISA my Veiled]

I decided to make Thorium a free range for when I come home from work. The last few days he's realized that when I come home he gets to come out and "play." However, instead of playing and exploring he goes straight to sleep at the top! At 6 pm...two hours before bedtime! He's about 8 feet off the ground up there making it quite difficult for 5' 6" me to get him back to his cage. Little booger

Cool idea! I honestly may do a free range similar to that, thank you for the idea!

 

[maxttu]

That's pretty neat! Good job!

 

[Slug]

Can you post a picture showing the bottom of your free range? I like how it is setup and may try that myself at some point, if the bottom works and my cham won't escape.

 

[mgebbie]

It's actually just a trellis from lows (~$10) with some fake vines from Jo-Ann's fabrics (~$20). I used two small wooden brackets to hold the top with zip-ties. The bottom is free-hanging because the top is so sturdy.

 

[Slug]

About how far off the floor is it? Is it hard to keep them from getting down?

 

[Whatcamo]

Cool idea!

 

[mgebbie]

It's about three feet from the floor. You can always put it up higher too. Thor never likes to be below us, so he goes as high as possible. I think it'll depends on your chams personality.

 

[jannb]

It looks good. It doesn't take allot to make them happy. They are very sound sleepers. You could just let him sleep there unless you have a cat or something that could get to him.

 

[mgebbie]

I'm afraid he'll wake up early and go on an adventure and I'd lose him Is that not a huge concern?