Hi Chameleon Community I am new here and a first time chameleon owner. I noticed My panther chameleon Galileo 8months old has been very eager to leave his enclosure ever since he started trusting me to handle him which was about 2 weeks ago after having no issues with his enclosure the entire time or even wanting to come out. I should note that his enclosure has a window view of my backyard that has trees. But Yesterday 9/10/26 when I took him out he was very eager to climb on my bed and headed straight for a blanket I had hanging on my wall, then today. About afternoon time today I opened his enclosure and let him free roam onto a tree I have in my room that’s near my window he then really wanted to go outside and climbed the screen so I took him outside and once I did he did not want to go back in his enclosure, i have not noticed any signs of sickness and his bowels are healthy but I also noticed he has been eating some dirt or soil from the plants in his enclosure. I have not been giving him reptivite with D3 but only calcium without d3 for supplements so Really 2 questions I have , 1) is he eating dirt or licking things that aren’t food because of the lack of supplements ? And 2) is there something wrong with my enclosure or is he just smart enough to know there’s a bigger world out there that he can see and now experience and would rather explore is then be in his enclosure? Anyone with ideas, explanations or solutions would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Cosmo
