Stupid question about outdoor enclosures

Posted by LizKing on April 20, 2003 at 17:55:39:

First off, I keep a male panther chameleon (ambanja) and am in the process of building an outdoor enclosure with the warm season approaching and all. Its going to be 4'long, 5.5'tall, and 2.5' deep. When I read about outdoor enclosures here it seems most people only use otdoor setups for daytime sunning, probably because they are in colder climates and can't leave their warm loving chams outdoors overnight. I live in GA, just outside ATL, and I think our summertime temps at night are acceptable for a panther. If for some reason we had a night or two in the 50's during summer(ya know, if hell freezes over) I would have a ceramic heat emitter with a thermostat setup for an emergancy drop in temp. Is this a bad idea to try and keep my cham outside 4-6 months out of the year? Are there other concerns in doing this? It just seems it would be really stressful for a cham to be moved outside and then back inside day after day.

All thoughts or opinions are welcome?

LK,

Follow Ups:

• Re: Stupid question about outdoor enclosures ndnfeather 04/21/03 (2)
  • can you explain about your outdoor misting systerm... pweaver 04/21/03 (1)
    • can you explain about your outdoor misting systerm... ndnfeather 04/21/03 (0)
• Re: Stupid question about outdoor enclosures Bill_Strand 04/21/03 (2)
  • One more question for you Bill... LizKing 04/21/03 (1)
    • One more question for you Bill... Bill_Strand 04/22/03 (0)

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