vine chewing?
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ToniandGizmo
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I've seen Gizmo do the same thing many times. Sometimes it's pretty aggressive biting. After seeing this display over time, I came to realize it's always around the same areas. I've always theroized that it was another form of marking territory. I could be wrong though. Maybe a more experienced member can chime in.
Bay687
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my panther frost bites on his fake vines also, he usually does it on the same spot, and he's been doin it for months, i see nothing wrong with it, because he doesnt eat anything he just bites on the vine.. he also bites the fake branch in there also... but like i said he just bites.. doesnt consume anything from it
GooglezNvincent
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want to bump this thread because i want an expert to answer this question! i am very entruiged! so some one please let us know why the panthers are doing this!
chambabysitter1
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My panther also had a rock biting problem for a while, I know it's not a branch, but it is similar behavior.
I've asked a ton of people at SBCK, online, etc. Nobody has a definitive answer, from what I asked.
Oh, my chameleon stopped doing this by the way. Chewing behavior occurred at around the 4-5th month. Did it for a good month, got rid of the rocks. Reintroduced them a month later and haven't had any problems since. Still trying to figure out what triggered the behavior and what didn't.
I've asked a ton of people at SBCK, online, etc. Nobody has a definitive answer, from what I asked.
Oh, my chameleon stopped doing this by the way. Chewing behavior occurred at around the 4-5th month. Did it for a good month, got rid of the rocks. Reintroduced them a month later and haven't had any problems since. Still trying to figure out what triggered the behavior and what didn't.
chuck
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vine, cork attacks
we've just started to see Hugo, our 7-8 month old panther chameleon, do this. It's very unnerving. First we saw him bite a piece of cork. This morning I saw him aggressively bite an artificial vine, chomping down on it and trying to rip a piece off. I'm relieved to see that other have had this happen, but what the heck is he doing?
we've just started to see Hugo, our 7-8 month old panther chameleon, do this. It's very unnerving. First we saw him bite a piece of cork. This morning I saw him aggressively bite an artificial vine, chomping down on it and trying to rip a piece off. I'm relieved to see that other have had this happen, but what the heck is he doing?
chuck
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we tried this a little half heartedly, maybe will get a little more aggressive with it.
PardalisGirl
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Chewing........
Young Panther and Veiled chams seem to enjoy chewing. I've seen them chew vines, branches and large rocks. I think it's a combination of curiosity, boredom and hunger. It seems to happen after the feeder insects are all gone. The activity also seems to stop when they become adults.
It's one reason I only use live plants in my cages. I let them munch on the pothos instead of plastic. I had a couple of young Panthers actually damage the front of their snout after chewing on hard branches. If you have live plants they will chew on those first. The real lives and real branches are soft and pliable.
This chewing stage is a good time to introduce greens into their diet. Clip or drape collard greens or dandelion greens onto branches. Veileds in particular learn to eat these greens instead of their cage plants. Any left over crickets in the cage will munch on it too and get gut loaded.
To sum this up........I think chewing is normal. If you think the activity is so agressive that it may lead to snout damage or ingestion of improper materials you should try introducing a safer "chew" material.
Young Panther and Veiled chams seem to enjoy chewing. I've seen them chew vines, branches and large rocks. I think it's a combination of curiosity, boredom and hunger. It seems to happen after the feeder insects are all gone. The activity also seems to stop when they become adults.
It's one reason I only use live plants in my cages. I let them munch on the pothos instead of plastic. I had a couple of young Panthers actually damage the front of their snout after chewing on hard branches. If you have live plants they will chew on those first. The real lives and real branches are soft and pliable.
This chewing stage is a good time to introduce greens into their diet. Clip or drape collard greens or dandelion greens onto branches. Veileds in particular learn to eat these greens instead of their cage plants. Any left over crickets in the cage will munch on it too and get gut loaded.
To sum this up........I think chewing is normal. If you think the activity is so agressive that it may lead to snout damage or ingestion of improper materials you should try introducing a safer "chew" material.
chuck
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Great information, thanks for sharing! Hugo is our first panther, so every time he does something out of the box we scramble to figure it out. While we haven't seen him do this in a little while, we've also seen him eat the dirt the pothos vine is potted in, so we've added large rocks around the base so that water can still get to he roots, but the soil is inaccessible.
kongchi
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Sebastian did this for a while, then I put Kale on the bottom of his cage (near where he used to chew) and now he just NOM NOM NOM the Kale, I haven's seen him gnaw on the root since. He even shoots it with his tongue when he feels like it, very interesting to watch since he flares up when he eats kale.
steelheadchaser
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My panther has been doing this for about a month now (he is about 9 months old now).
He has chewed on a real stick, the fake vines and now today I spotted him chewing on the plastic strip that fills the door gap on his LLL screen cage. He will do this even when there are feeders available. He goes after the soft vines with a real sense of purpose. I'm glad it isn't one of my fingers he wants to work over!
He has chewed on a real stick, the fake vines and now today I spotted him chewing on the plastic strip that fills the door gap on his LLL screen cage. He will do this even when there are feeders available. He goes after the soft vines with a real sense of purpose. I'm glad it isn't one of my fingers he wants to work over!
steelheadchaser
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I've removed any of the smaller "warts" he might have been able to tear off the vines.
