romad119
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Not having experienced the summer in the states for awhile ( I seem to get stuck with Iraqi summers and N NY winters) I never had the chance to take my Oustalets and his cage outside for sun.
Well I finally realized that the sun and heat that most people are whining about is just the thing for my restless chameleon. I realized that with me tearing down my big enclosure that my yellow monitor was in also eliminated the artificial sun (2x250W bulbs) that the cage needed. So my electricity bill went down but so did the light given off from it. I think he had been trying to get to the far window and the light from it. Otherwise he had never been much of a screen climber at all. Now he is back to normal.
He is now outside for the day. Yes, part sun and part shade. I learned that lesson as a kid when mom put my turtle outside and I came home to find it baked. So far now Caesar is enjoying the short N NY summer while I start on his new cage. Bumping him form a 4'Hx2'W'2'D to a 5'Hx3'W'2'D. This brings his sqare footage up from 16 sq ft to 30 sq ft.
Just goes to show that a warm blooded creatures bad weather can be a cold blooded creatures heaven.
Well I finally realized that the sun and heat that most people are whining about is just the thing for my restless chameleon. I realized that with me tearing down my big enclosure that my yellow monitor was in also eliminated the artificial sun (2x250W bulbs) that the cage needed. So my electricity bill went down but so did the light given off from it. I think he had been trying to get to the far window and the light from it. Otherwise he had never been much of a screen climber at all. Now he is back to normal.
He is now outside for the day. Yes, part sun and part shade. I learned that lesson as a kid when mom put my turtle outside and I came home to find it baked. So far now Caesar is enjoying the short N NY summer while I start on his new cage. Bumping him form a 4'Hx2'W'2'D to a 5'Hx3'W'2'D. This brings his sqare footage up from 16 sq ft to 30 sq ft.
Just goes to show that a warm blooded creatures bad weather can be a cold blooded creatures heaven.