PunchytheChameleon
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I get a lot of customers asking about keeping their chameleons outside, and a lot of people asking about my large outdoor cages. So here are some links and pics!
The crop cage is 4’x4’x6’, and great for something cheap and easy to spoil your cham! Be warned, the metal frame rusts easy so you need to re-paint It with something like rustoleum spray paint, otherwise, It is actually pretty sturdy and light weight which is great. The mesh is pretty thin, like cheap fishing line, so It can rip/tear fairly easy if something gets snagged on It, I’ve had to repair several small holes in mine. In all I’ve used these crop cages nearly 2yesrs, and still love them, though I am planning on buyinccrop netting and custom building enclosures/green houses from now on. Also, some customers said their chameleons continuously rubbed their nose raw on the mesh (though I’ve never had this problem), so be careful. It is green, and I’ve noticed chameleons either don’t see green as well (for instance at night nearly all animals/reptiles won’t be woken up with green light), so when I’ve used green mesh/wire they typically try more often and harder to push out of and escape than with black mesh/wire. Here is a link:
https://www.gardeners.com/buy/crop-cage-4x4/8596538.html
Another cage I recommend to all my customers looking for an easy way to bring their chameleons outside for sunlight is a butterfly cage, like this 2’x2’x(48” or 56” tall) for $33:
https://store.raisingbutterflies.org/product-p/blackpopup23w23l56h.htm
The crop cage is 4’x4’x6’, and great for something cheap and easy to spoil your cham! Be warned, the metal frame rusts easy so you need to re-paint It with something like rustoleum spray paint, otherwise, It is actually pretty sturdy and light weight which is great. The mesh is pretty thin, like cheap fishing line, so It can rip/tear fairly easy if something gets snagged on It, I’ve had to repair several small holes in mine. In all I’ve used these crop cages nearly 2yesrs, and still love them, though I am planning on buyinccrop netting and custom building enclosures/green houses from now on. Also, some customers said their chameleons continuously rubbed their nose raw on the mesh (though I’ve never had this problem), so be careful. It is green, and I’ve noticed chameleons either don’t see green as well (for instance at night nearly all animals/reptiles won’t be woken up with green light), so when I’ve used green mesh/wire they typically try more often and harder to push out of and escape than with black mesh/wire. Here is a link:
https://www.gardeners.com/buy/crop-cage-4x4/8596538.html
Another cage I recommend to all my customers looking for an easy way to bring their chameleons outside for sunlight is a butterfly cage, like this 2’x2’x(48” or 56” tall) for $33:
https://store.raisingbutterflies.org/product-p/blackpopup23w23l56h.htm
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