Make it a cage and feeder cleaning date every weekend when this podcast comes out. Now you can! Of course, we chameleon keepers have regular duties of cleaning cages and taking care of feeders. Have you ever wished that you could learn about chameleons while you were driving or doing gardening? Well, that is the beauty of podcasts. If you are new to podcasts then you are in for a treat. Welcome to the Chameleon Breeder Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to chameleons. Although the audio mentions the Chameleon Breeder name, the links here in the show notes have been updated. This ties together the outreach efforts that grew from this original podcast. Note: The Chameleon Breeder Podcast changed the name to The Chameleon Academy Podcast in 2020. Here is a link to one of many products that will fulfill this task. Then when you wrap it around your cage you have a naturalistic scene. Glue/attach your plastic to the outside of this reed fence panel cut to size. If you would rather make your screen cages work instead of buying a cage designed to hold in humidity and mist and you would like it to look less hacked together then consider these reed fence panels found at home improvement stores. This is effective, but looks pretty hacked together. We in the community have long done the kludge where we keep mist and humidity inside a screen cage by wrapping it with a shower curtain or plastic wrap. I know their marketing strategy is cheap price, but I cannot figure out why they took that short cut.ĭo-It-Yourself Mist Retention Walls for Screen Cages Have these people ever kept chameleons? Mixing water, poop, and feeders together is a hygienic nightmare. I do not understand caging companies that offer only a substrate tray (a tray that goes on the inside of the cage). These cages have the option of external drainage which is a huge deal in chameleon keeping. This has the advantage of retaining the light weight of the cages which allows us to make larger cages which are more chameleon appropriate. It is 48″ tall and is made from a clear PVC material pulled taut like screen, but clear. If you do not need the heat insulation, but you want to hold in the humidity and the misting from getting on the walls and furniture, the Dragon Strand Clearside cage line is the way to go. The challenge with glass is that is does not commercially come in sizes appropriate for most chameleons, but these two companies have 36″ tall terrariums which is the bare minimum for most adults.Įxo-Terra 36″ x 18″ x 36″ Large, X-Tall Terrarium The glass terrariums mentioned in the podcast were from Zoo-med and Exo-Terra. If you need the heat insulation then you’ll have to figure out a way around these disadvantages. Glass cages have the disadvantages of 1) weight, 2) breakage, and 3) no external drainage easily had. That was their black eye early on but with special vents that are installed in some terrariums glass cages can be used. The bottom line is that glass cages come with the advantage that they can hold in heat and humidity and mist very well. Listen to the podcast for the details on this. I specifically addressed the controversy over glass cages. We discuss different cages which are appropriate for different environments. By combining the correct caging with carefully planned placement of branches, plants, lights, and misting nozzles we can construct an environment with microclimates and gradients that give our chameleons the choices they need to regulate their own conditions for a happy life. Summary: In this introductory episode we discuss the strategy to create a successful chameleon environment.
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