Normal behavior?

[CrestedL]

This has happened for a while now, and I'm just curious to know, but is it normal for my crested to be climbing along upsidedown on the wire mesh top of his cage? There's no bruising or scratching on his nose indicating he was trying to get out or hide, and I've watched him countless nights and it just seems he uses it [for fun?] as a fast way to get across the tank and I just want to know if this is normal.. he sometimes will get stuck and I'll have to help him but I'm worried that I won't be there sometime and he'll just plummet to the ground

*edit, literally right as I posted this he started doing it again, got some pics, idk if these help in any way

 

[Aimless]

eh, he looks like he's just exploring. as long as you're not noticing any issues from the screen I wouldn't be overly concerned.

you might consider adding a horizontal perch high up in the cage if he doesn't have one, like a piece of bamboo or branch anchored horizontally.

 

[CrestedL]

I have a perch coming in for him soon already in the mail,Ty for the feedback though

 

[CrestedRick]

[MENTION=53418]CrestedL[/MENTION] do you have a link for this perch you ordered? I wouldn't worry about it as my male has done this since I got him at 5months about 3 years ago. Woke me up one night out of a dead sleep lol scared the crap out of me.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hi ~

Your crestie is lucky to have a misting system! :yahoo:

A perch will be nice.

How about adding some diagonal and horizontal 1 inch thick sticks to his vivarium? Bamboo is superb. My crestie likes sleeping in his bamboo. He uses a 1.5 inch diameter bamboo as his "sleeping bag". He has a chill bar as well.

A section of bamboo can easily be "stuck" onto the sides with a suction cup at each end.


#1---Chill Bar......thanks to GU's meloha
Cresties feel safer the higher they can go. So I suspend a "chill bar" from the screen top.
................................__________________ ______
Here is your platform: |__:__(crestie sits here)__:__|

• Take a 6 inch or so section of bamboo or PVC
• Split it lengthwise
• Drill a pair of small holes near both ends where the red dots are
• Cut two wires 8 inches long
• Thread the wires through the holes like this: U, so that the bamboo's opening faces down (like a tunnel)
• Poke the wires through the screen top
• Bend the ends of the wires at right angles like this to hold: L
• Happy crestie now!

 

[CrestedL]

[MENTION=53418]CrestedL[/MENTION] do you have a link for this perch you ordered? I wouldn't worry about it as my male has done this since I got him at 5months about 3 years ago. Woke me up one night out of a dead sleep lol scared the crap out of me.

I don't sorry, I picked it in store and they would mail it to me, it's a magnetic ledge

 

[CrestedL]

Hi ~

Your crestie is lucky to have a misting system! :yahoo:

A perch will be nice.

How about adding some diagonal and horizontal 1 inch thick sticks to his vivarium? Bamboo is superb. My crestie likes to sleep in his bamboo all the time. He has a chill bar. He uses his 1.5 inch diameter bamboo as his "sleeping bag".

A section of bamboo can easily be "stuck" onto the sides with a suction cup at each end.


#1---Chill Bar......thanks to GU's meloha
Cresties feel safer the higher they can go. So I suspend a "chill bar" from the screen top.
................................__________________ _______
Here is your platform: |__:__(crestie sits here)__:__|

• Take a 6 inch or so section of bamboo or PVC
• Split it lengthwise
• Drill a pair of small holes near both ends where the red dots are
• Cut two wires 8 inches long
• Thread the wires through the holes like this: U
• Poke the wires through the screen top
• Bend the ends of the wires at right angles like this to hold: L
• Happy crestie now!

Thankyou so much for the idea with the bamboo, I'll try to get my hands on a few pieces so I can try that I have a piece of loofa-like wood with many holes in it already in his tank but the problem is I have to stuff it with paper towel on both ends because the time he tried to go in it he got very stuck and very stressed , I have it resting on the ground ATM as a little lift up to his plants, I'll see if I can find any old pictures I have of it to show you, perhaps you can give me pointers I could do with it while in search for bamboo?

The pictures are just old ones I have where the piece was best shown; sorry for the randomness of them haha