Terrible scare today

[iLik3LIzards]

Its sunny and 85 so I take the dude and his cage outside to catch some rays as I have been doing. I placed his plant ontop of the cage, he comes out and climbs into it and chills. Well I went inside to get water for the plant come out, hes gone, cant find em. Over two hours I spent tramplen thru my flowers, trees, hedges, you name it. I even got out the hose and started spraying everything in sight in hopes he would run or atleast move, somthin so that I could spot him. so my girlfriend gets back from her parents, I tell her, she gets all upset, takes two steps and calls me an idiot. He was in the plant the whole time. ::facepalm::

 

[Chamified]

Happens to me all the time. I can't find him and he is sitting in front of me XD.

 

[PsychoRep]

very funny you were lucky he did not leave or something.

 

[laurie]

That is why you can never, ever leave them outside alone. They can and have disappeared when other forum folks had chams out alone. A lot of unhappy endings so please be careful, you were lucky this time as was your chameleon.

 

[Jono]

You know he was watching you the whole time thinking "I wonder what hes looking for?"

 

[jpm995]

Thats funny. I had my cham and baby bearded dragon out last weekend and the both took off. Me and my grandson were running around like crazy afrer them.

 

[DragonLady]

So glad he didn't take off. I'm such a nervous nellie when I take my critters out. I even put my bearded dragaon on a leash and walk the yard with him! I take my chams out one at a time and even put a blanket around the bottom of the plant on the deck so if they accidently fall, they will have cushion. Yes, I'm a neurotic mom!!

 

[veildowner]

you got lucky he didnt go for a wonder, id make sure you have everything you need outside before you take you cham out so you dont need to go back inside for anything

 

[AReptile]

Are bearded dragons quick when you let them out though? When I take my cham out to clean and i put her on the bed she moves surprisingly quick for an animal that is supposed to be "slow".

 

[Dez]

You can't walk away even for a second!

I scold my husband all the time because he likes to put the chams on plants outside and then do yard work. I know he is not paying 100% attention to where the chameleon is.

I learned a long time ago EVEN if you are watching you can't be careful enough. I had a veiled years ago I put on on a tree in the yard. I was sitting just a few feet away watching. I saw him start to go down the trunk of the tree.... so I went over to it and he was GONE! Vanished! I looked EVERYWHERE.

Since then I get very nervous when the chams are outside. I never leave them unattended.

It only takes a second

 

[iLik3LIzards]

Yeah def going to get the water first next time. I find it funny I looked for over 2 hours then the chicka comes back and finds it chillen in the plant I searched over a dozen times.

 

[draetish]

Yeah def going to get the water first next time. I find it funny I looked for over 2 hours then the chicka comes back and finds it chillen in the plant I searched over a dozen times.

They are good at hiding. My baby melleri was right in front of the enclosure on a scheffalara and both are green. When I would look from one side to the other he would lean so I couldn't see him. Cracked me up!

 

[Carlton]

I can't imagine leaving a cham let alone a beardie outdoors without a leash or secure cage for a second! When I hear about folks putting their cham loose in a bush it just makes me cringe. Beardies are lightning fast when the impulse strikes.

Don't take chances!

 

[Texas Panther Man]

I lost a veiled years ago. I went inside to get something and he was in his outdoor cage. I left the door cracked because i was coming right back out. He disapearred for two days! I found him climbing up th wood fence 2 days later. I still cant believe I found him. I was suprised a bird or cat didnt get him.

 

[Olimpia]

I never have my chams outside loose. I know they get less natural sunlight goodness through mesh or screen, but there's just no way for me to feel safe otherwise. I see hawks and crows flying around all the time, I just know that if I look away for a second they might be picked off. So I always have them in a space screen cage, just in case.

But thank goodness you found him safe and sound and that he didn't in fact run off somewhere!