advice on moving angry yemen cham

[kingjohn1966]

hi everyone

just after some advice on gettin a very angry cham from 1 cage to another, as hes moving from my girlfriends to my house (building him a bigger viv atm)

he can be hand fed and doesnt go too mad when opening the cage, its just if you put your hands near him he goes BLACK hissin loudly and gaping mouth, ive been told to try get him on a stick to move him but how can i get him to get off his favourite branch too a new small stick lol or is there any other things i can try?

sorry to go on abit any advice is great



atb john

[Jamal Abz]

hi there john

As sated a bratch or somthing is best proberly, this is the tatic i used to use, I used to use a repi vine and sort of try to usher him towards and then onto it.

I know this isnt much help but proberly the best tatic.

[Bradley]

if he wont go on your branch use gardening gloves

[Whosthedaddy]

Cant you move him on his favourite branch or is this too big and fixed?

[kingjohn1966]

hi thanks for answers guys, hes main branch is fixed in so yeh guess ill need alot of patience gettin him on a diffrent branch lol

did orignaly think of gloves and take the bite but then i tought it will stress him way too much and really dont want a dead cham

ill post pics up of new home when i get round to finishing in it and putting him in


thanks again

atb john

[Higgt4]

I use welding gloves and a handful of bravery pills (the pills are for me)!
I can't even use a branch or stick as he REALLY doesn't like anything except his lunch in his cage...

[vetdebbie]

I use a tea towel - throw it over them, pick them up (Minding the mouth as they still bite!) and transfer quickly. They might get angry with it but it gets it done quickly rather than faffing about for ages giving them a long period of low grade stress. But depends on the cham I guess.

[genghis55]

when i had a Yemen chameleon i used a green gardening glove and i would slowly move my hand under her then again slowly lift and she would just grap hold of the glove.

[Button12]

i'd go with the tea towel, the darkness will limit the stress factor and its more time efficient than fiddling about with branches.

[sarahdilan]

we have had our yemen out a few times - with pretty much the same result but hes calm and lets us near hime once out - we tend to just leave him be now.

but there are times - as like yours when its needed. time and perseverance are probably your best bet. ours just tends to sulk for a couple of days after - so we just leave him be.