Dankmeleon
New Member
hey i kent nailed that one on the head.
I have recently introduced these large cages and larger, and you learn quickly that your cham can not navigate the high screens effectively because nails get stuck etc, and when he starts getting heavy it will only be more of a problem, watching your chameleon fall is nothing but scary, especially when he plants, and eye could get poked out by a branch on the way down !!!
a solution i came up with is to line the walls in vines of some sort so on every vertical surface a majority of the wall is covered with vertical vines. vines get pricey so you can always hotglue some rubber irrigation 1/4 inch tubing, its cheap and effective, cleans well feeders can grip it doesn't come apart like bio vine, just a lil more difficult to work with, but if you are a crafty person and look it like if i take my gluegun out once it will be done forever, than you're good to go.
alot of people use that silkworm style plastic mesh, and they work well, but they are a lil more difficult to work with imo and then feeders get stuck, but i may end up using that stuff on at least the back wall just because its real good grippage, just not a big fan of the every wall cuz too many crevices for feeders.
the soft mesh screen for cages is amazing too, i have a few soft mesh cages where the screen is rubbery small squares, and i don't feel guilty at all about having panthers in there with no vines
I have recently introduced these large cages and larger, and you learn quickly that your cham can not navigate the high screens effectively because nails get stuck etc, and when he starts getting heavy it will only be more of a problem, watching your chameleon fall is nothing but scary, especially when he plants, and eye could get poked out by a branch on the way down !!!
a solution i came up with is to line the walls in vines of some sort so on every vertical surface a majority of the wall is covered with vertical vines. vines get pricey so you can always hotglue some rubber irrigation 1/4 inch tubing, its cheap and effective, cleans well feeders can grip it doesn't come apart like bio vine, just a lil more difficult to work with, but if you are a crafty person and look it like if i take my gluegun out once it will be done forever, than you're good to go.
alot of people use that silkworm style plastic mesh, and they work well, but they are a lil more difficult to work with imo and then feeders get stuck, but i may end up using that stuff on at least the back wall just because its real good grippage, just not a big fan of the every wall cuz too many crevices for feeders.
the soft mesh screen for cages is amazing too, i have a few soft mesh cages where the screen is rubbery small squares, and i don't feel guilty at all about having panthers in there with no vines
