I'm rescuing a mature male chameleon later this week and this is one of the most helpful cage videos I've seen so far. Thank you so much for doing this - great job!

27:04 DAMN, not only is this about habitat building but all the lowdown on bulbs and temp and lighting and even per AGE. it's a whole ass 101 and it's amazing. i was struggling to find info of building stuff like this, though i started with mantis enclosures. but this should have 1M likes, it's so good. i feel like i could go straight off this one guide and have most of what i needed. and, sometimes, being new, you just want someone who has experience to tell you wtf to get, just to get rolling. research is fine but you can get overwhelmed to start, and you can do more researchy stuff after getting your first setup. i could do that for other people on certain topics, and impart my trial and error and save them YEARS... but it's nice if someone can do that back, with guides like this. kept snakes for a bit but the setup can be different and honestly no one was there to give me ideas about how enclosures COULD be. :/ i didn't have a lot of resources as a kid, on that first one, it was a wild preg corn snake that a friend's cousin bought stuff for and hatched the eggs, giving me one of the little guys. which, honestly, was the best most chill snake ever. complete opposite of the black and white banded kingsnake who was aggressive AF and got me out of the whole thing entirely. (woulda been nice if the shop let me know that ahead. :( i sort of discovered later after researching.) anyway i always loved chameleons but thought they were impossible and if you look at them sideways, they die of shock and fall off their branch. the same friend had a couple teeny ones, on a fake small tree, and.... recent vids, i see why that went wrong. no controlled moisture or lights. so it kind of opened that up again. saw an overpriced cham at the pet store, still cool little guy, and it just makes me really wanna do this more. but i'd go to a proper exotics store or local breeder or whatever first. (do people breed them? i know they do with snakes and aquarium fish. i'll find out.) thanks a ton. i'll check out more of your channel. i appreciated the background music haha.

Cham on your face was funny and sweet.

For a first time set up, this helps so much! Thank you!!

im going to be getting my first chameleon soon and have been waiting to get my setup firstly in order beforehand of course. havent found a better setup tutorial then this one with a ton of imformation i love it thanks so much! my uncle had me watch over his chameleon over months on end when he had some troubles. i miss her dearly as shes passed on. made me wanna get one myself knowing my cats okay with them in the room :)

Thank you so much for your video 📹 definitely helpful for new chameleon owners 😃

This was a FANTASTIC video!

Just met you at the reptile super show!! Thank you so much for your advice and help getting my new lil homie set up!!!!

bro that tiny manual drill thing is awesome. i have a lot of tools and never came across that! using floral wire with it is genius! i was sitting here wondering how you were going to attach stuff when it was all screen! (i do aquariums and recently watched people do vivariums and terrariums but those too were glass.

New subscriber and thank you for this video. I was stressing out about setting up the 24x24x48 enclosure cause it’s absolutely massive but your video helped a lot. 👍 ✌️

Awesome info my dude!!!!

I love your videos your builds are awesome ❤

Fantastic video, thanks for that🤝🏼🇮🇪

Nice video, I'm not a technical person so this content really helps me a lot ;)

@MagickalChams

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Super stoked it helped you out (:

Man, your awsome! Nice video :)

Great video Thank you so much🤗💥

love this video

LOVE THE VIDEO. JUST LOVE IT.

I like your information provided in the video as well as the BGM, so classic US tutorial video BGM lol

I am moving my anole back to a large reptibreeze. My cats ruined the last one and I have had them in a 40b double door terrarium. I just bought a bunch of 1/4 inch dowels to do almost the same. BUT I am making a U shaped frame for inside with cross bars top, center and bottom. Glued and tied with twine. I am also adding velcro to the back and sides for coroplast going up until 3 inches from the top to help hold humidity in during the dry winter months and I guess the dry ac months..lol

I love the lip hanger....lol

Was looking for info stayed for the gojira shirt

That was very informative. My buddy just gave me a cham and I really wanted to make sure it’s comfy!! Do you have any pointers for beardies?

Love the gojira shirt

I use the stronger 10.0 uvb bulb it's better for my veiled chameleons.

One of the best videos so far. Thank you! Getting one and you gave great tips.

❤❤

Thankyou for this video. LEGEND, exactly what I needed. How often do you clean out the enclosure, and do you take all the branches and plants out to clean? I can imagine that is a pain in the arse

brother thank you ...I am using these ideas for a lovebird a cage like this but shorter and also to keep rodents away

What about water ? Or water mist , you recommend a Automatic mist or self maid ?

finished! ok, the only thing i think you didn't cover was HOW to keep ambient temperature cool or cold. in warmer climates or not running the ac to 50, how exactly is that supposed to work? i've seen the suggestion of ice but that seems unsustainable, more like what you'd do in an emergency, not as a daily. (ps. also saw by the end that you do raise and sell these guys. good to know!) this is my first vid so maybe you covered that topic in another one...

Love the video, and it was covered very well. However, I have a question…. What if said enclosure had glass sides? How would one go about fixing contact points of features?

@mikalak4655

2 жыл бұрын

you could try expanding foam but definitely find one that’s non toxic to animals bc that would be awful. you could also try suction cups but those are known to fall lol.

@zackstanton1664

2 жыл бұрын

Your not supposed to have glass with chameleons.

Have you done a segment on cleaning a enclosure?

I am wondering if I leave my enclosure top off, with a tree he could climb on and maybe a humidifier in that corner to make it comfortable. I’m wondering if he will go back and forth and explore comfortably or will I have to put him back manually…. I’d like to come up with a way to give him freedom and be comfortable but given the color changing, he could be hard to get back 😎🥸🖖 any suggestions or information greatly appreciated

Ha that's great my male veiled chameleon named Rango loves to climb My face too lol

@myrapitts6017

Жыл бұрын

We had a chameleon and we wanted to name it rango (hoping it was a boy) and later we found out it was a girl 🥰

Great video! I’m currently setting up and enclosure before I purchase a chameleon 😅 oh has this been stressful as I don’t want to mess anything up! Thanks for all the info! Quick question how do you feel about using fishing line? Do you think that will up branches?!

@eirannehooie5951

Жыл бұрын

Yes very stressful! Building one is the easy part for me. The hard part is the lights (especially colors and watts) food, and handling! My son is wanting one and saving up for it. There are so many opinions and I just need a cheat sheet or something! I'm so stressed out rn! It's been 2 weeks since researching and I'm just scared to make the wrong decisions. SMH 🥺

Where did you get the tree that’s next to you in the video from? I’ve been trying to find an out-of-cage tree for my chameleon. :) 👍

Good video.. My only concern is advising people to use fake plants. These can harbor bacteria and are not good for chameleon enclosures. Also using zip ties inside the enclosure is not a good idea. I got my chameleon Stubby from a breeder who had no idea his tail had gotten stuck in a zip tie. By the time he noticed, Stubby had lost the bottom part of his tail. Just some words of advice.

What do you do for misting/humidity

i'm concerned the screen won't be sturdy enough with everything strung to it. is there another way or have you had success installing directly on the screen?

Hey ! Do you have any wisdom on keeping a chameleon in the UK? Where it’s not at all naturally humid. Will I need to cover some sides to keep in the humidity? I worry about it being all screen here. Thanks! Love your video

@juliegregory3597

Жыл бұрын

Use a mister, you can also cut sections of clear shower curtain to roll down the sides to help keep moisture in. You can also set up and keep aquariums which increase the moisture in the cham area.

How would you secure the wooden dowels to a glass enclosure?

Will the Arcadia pro t5 7% work?

Your Decorating an enclosure. How did you build the enclosure?

Does this method work for any chameleon

At 29:22, Can like I look on my phone when lights are closed without disturbing the chameleon? Or just for an example play on my computer

How much for a drainage tray? We're upsizing to a xl reptibreeze.

How do you add the misters in a screen cage

@RONPEE-STINGER

5 ай бұрын

The right way

How much would you charge me for a wood tray for my 24 x 24 x 48-Inches Zoo Med Reptibreeze Open Air Screen Cage.... Trying to find a tray deep enough to capture the water from my mist king system.... Need to figure out also what to use to provide soaving between the flooring of the cage and the tray itself... Thank you

@RONPEE-STINGER

5 ай бұрын

Just add more plants

I'm debating on making an artificial plant wall for my chameleons so when they're out they have places to climb and blend in for their comfort and security, so you think this would be a good idea?

@HOLAR474

Жыл бұрын

For free roaming? That's definitely a great idea have a plactic tree for them is pretty great too. Their enclosed however should be only live plants much Butter for them

The chameleon on his face was like where tf am I?

I am having a problem with the cricket coming out the cage from the bottom. Can you please help me with this

the basking temp... won't my critter if given multiple area's to bask just find his happy place ? YES it works just like a micropone on stage

Where can I buy all the supplies you used for the video ?

@fanta09

2 жыл бұрын

You can get the rods from a craft store. I've seen floral wire at Walmart. Plants from a nursery or try facebook marketplace or Craigslist. You could find long pothos or taller plants big enough for your chameleon enclosure.

What is those wood branch things ?

@MagickalChams

2 жыл бұрын

Which ones are you talking about? I used wooden dowels, willow branches, and bendy vines. One of those perhaps?

Can you do Pvc in loser they are a blip to try to figure out how to add and or connect branches plants etc. That's a video that is not out there.

Wow can you please do my cage

Dont you need a water mister and something to jeep humidity up

What about a antheruam

Nice video with good info. I only wish you'd consider taking out the screeching guitar music. It was so distracting!!😫 I almost exited the video a few times bc it was so bad...I can only imagine how many people did just that. Sucks to lose a viewer over that. You have a nice voice with good info. That's all we need to hear.👍

Can you build me one and I could pay you for parts and kaybor?

I thought this was how to build a cage as the title says??? Not how to furnish one 😒

Dude great content you have great ideas but just talk normal your trying to hard