New panther set up!
 

Hey everyone I just Have a couple of questions about my panthers new cage! What do you guys think? Should I change anything? And do you guys think that there are to many leaves? And i'm sorry but I don't have him in a screen cage cause I live in Colorado and it's really dry!!!!!! Thanks everybody, and if you could help me out tha'd be great!

- Jon

Is that a waterfall in the corner ?

Yes it is.

what kind of tank is that? (talking about what material it's made of)

Its a zoo med vir.

ohhhhh, the red is the wall behind it, thought it was textured abs plastic or something like that

Hha no it's not it's my wall but does everything look good?

looks good to me, not big on chameleons though.

Man you are in FL why do you have him in a glass viv.:eek: you need a screen cage. he will burn up in that thing. Also get rid of the waterfall unless you like taking your cham to the vet. those things hold a lot of bacteria and it will make your cham sick. get a mister or dripper. what is your lighting like?

And get rid of the repti carpet your cage needs to be hand misted or auto misted at least 4 times a day and alowed to dry out in between mistings.

sorry Castle Rock, CO. the glass hold to much heat in you really need a screened cage. go to DIY cages.com

But then it's not humid for him!

That's what misting is for. Or get a mistking. They don't need constent humidity. The cage must dry out between mistings and before bed time. Panther like spikes of humitiy. Not a soaked cage. This is easy to acheve.

Hey Joncharles, Head over to chameleonforums.com. There is lots of information there that will help you out.

Thanks so much!

You can also email me with any questions you may have. I have and still do on a small scale keep and breed panters and a few other chameleons.

ryan@jparkreptiles.com.

Yep - lose the carpet, lose the waterfall, lose the glass. Chams are arboreal. They live in trees; they do need heavy misting & relatively high humidity, but they also need airflow to dry things out in between - just like in the wild. That tank looks like it is totally saturated - a perfect conduit for mold, fungus and bacteria. Chams like things really simple and really clean.

Kudos for seeking info to make sure your Panther has the best possible environment :)

check out chameleonforums.com for some more indepth info, but others leading u in the right direction

i would lose the waterfall (small possibility of drowning, speaking from personal experience :(...as well as increased bacteria buildup, especially in a glass tank).



screen cages all around for all chameleons except pygmy. gotta handmist often.


do you have a UVB bulb as well as a heat bulb?


lastly, just a side note, i would mount his feeding cup higher up or move the vines so that he can reach it but water does not drip into it. a small water level can drown crickets pretty quickly. it might not be a problem for you, but i can see it potentially being one

good luck!

also, keep an eye on him incase he eats the soil. some do and it can cause impaction...i find most keepers cover the soil with either river rocks or i personally use clumps of pillow moss. its not a common problem with panthers (moreso with veiled) but it can cause serious issues if it happens



and forgot to mention....do you have supplementation? schedule?

feel free to ask if u need help on that :)

Yes i have both of those and I don't have a substrate at the bottom its the carpet stuff.

Good advice - I use the smooth river rocks to cover the soil of any potted plant - very cheap at the local WalMart. My Veileds always seem to gravitate toward the potting soil, more than my other locales.

Also make sure that the live plants you use are 1) not toxic and 2) washed well and repotted before you put into a cham cage. Chams will sometimes also eat plant leaves (mine love Hibiscus leaves - they'll strip a freakin plant!) but often there are pesticides and fertilizers not only in the soil but on the leaves as well. After thoroughly washing the leaves, always repot into a fertilizer, pesticide free potting soil before you introduce into a cham cage.

i was referring to the dirt that your plant was in :)