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I handle him and let him out of his cage frequently. He is very active, not shy, likes people, is well socialized, and loves to explore. Lately he just seems like he wants to be in his enclosure less and less, and he will climb walls and look for ways to try to get out. I thought we were over the wall-climbing thing, but he's started back up again. I am concerned for the health of his feet and nails. Should I be taking him out of his enclosure less? Is it a reward response that I should not be encouraging that I let him out if I see him getting restless in his enclosure and trying to get out?
I've got cotton rope and large nets coming in to make my room essentially an entire free-roam area, so he can move and be as active as he wants, but I do want him to be comfortable in his enclosure when I'm not here and when he can't roam the room freely.
Your Chameleon - Male panther, about 1.5 years old. I have had him since October of last year.
Handling - frequent (daily) handling with clean hands. He's a very social little guy and he likes to go outside/hang out in his free-roam area.
Feeding - He gets about 4 horn/silk worms per week and lives on a diet of crickets and superworms. ~4 crickets/worms per day. Crickets are gutloaded with reptashy bug burger.
Supplements - 6 days a week with Repticalcium w/o D3, alternating seventh day with Exoterra multivitamin and Repticalcium w/D3.
Watering - monsoon mister on for 1.5 minutes every 4 hours, fogger/humidifier on 12-16 hours a night, though I've been keeping it on some portions of the day lately to make sure he's getting hydrated because I haven't seen him physically drink in a while. Sometimes I hand mist.
Fecal Description - today he passed a sizeable stool, mostly white urea, solid, single piece.
History - no known health issues thus far. just took to the vet, who said he was healthy.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24x24x48 reptibreeze, full mesh screens.
Lighting - Arcadia Jungle dawn 6500k led bar. Dual t5 6% uvb+6500k fluorescent from lightyourreptiles.com. 65w basking bulb. 18in LED Bar from biodude. 12 on 12 off timer from 8am-8pm.
Temperature - basking spot varies between 83-89, low daytime temps range from 70-75. Lowest overnight temp is 65. I have two thermometer/hygrometers in the enclosure measuring basking/ambient temps. I have a thermometer/hygrometer in my bedroom to gauge ambient temp/humidity of the entire room.
Humidity - humidity stays between 20 (low humidity spots when fogger is off) and 80 (high humidity spots when fogger is on) percent, but averages at about 50%. Humidity is created through a fogger/mister setup and maintained by live plants in the enclosure.
Plants - center plant is a ficus benjamina, which he's had since I got him. I just incorporated two cane dracaena, one Japanese aralia, and a creeping fig. There are also pothos and scindapsis.
Placement - cage is in my bedroom. There is minimal traffic and there are no vents in this room other than a window AC unit that I use when/if it gets too hot. Top of cage is 76 inches off of the floor.
I've got cotton rope and large nets coming in to make my room essentially an entire free-roam area, so he can move and be as active as he wants, but I do want him to be comfortable in his enclosure when I'm not here and when he can't roam the room freely.
Your Chameleon - Male panther, about 1.5 years old. I have had him since October of last year.
Handling - frequent (daily) handling with clean hands. He's a very social little guy and he likes to go outside/hang out in his free-roam area.
Feeding - He gets about 4 horn/silk worms per week and lives on a diet of crickets and superworms. ~4 crickets/worms per day. Crickets are gutloaded with reptashy bug burger.
Supplements - 6 days a week with Repticalcium w/o D3, alternating seventh day with Exoterra multivitamin and Repticalcium w/D3.
Watering - monsoon mister on for 1.5 minutes every 4 hours, fogger/humidifier on 12-16 hours a night, though I've been keeping it on some portions of the day lately to make sure he's getting hydrated because I haven't seen him physically drink in a while. Sometimes I hand mist.
Fecal Description - today he passed a sizeable stool, mostly white urea, solid, single piece.
History - no known health issues thus far. just took to the vet, who said he was healthy.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24x24x48 reptibreeze, full mesh screens.
Lighting - Arcadia Jungle dawn 6500k led bar. Dual t5 6% uvb+6500k fluorescent from lightyourreptiles.com. 65w basking bulb. 18in LED Bar from biodude. 12 on 12 off timer from 8am-8pm.
Temperature - basking spot varies between 83-89, low daytime temps range from 70-75. Lowest overnight temp is 65. I have two thermometer/hygrometers in the enclosure measuring basking/ambient temps. I have a thermometer/hygrometer in my bedroom to gauge ambient temp/humidity of the entire room.
Humidity - humidity stays between 20 (low humidity spots when fogger is off) and 80 (high humidity spots when fogger is on) percent, but averages at about 50%. Humidity is created through a fogger/mister setup and maintained by live plants in the enclosure.
Plants - center plant is a ficus benjamina, which he's had since I got him. I just incorporated two cane dracaena, one Japanese aralia, and a creeping fig. There are also pothos and scindapsis.
Placement - cage is in my bedroom. There is minimal traffic and there are no vents in this room other than a window AC unit that I use when/if it gets too hot. Top of cage is 76 inches off of the floor.
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sorry that's kinda on me... I g2 start reading the time stamps b4 I post 
