I don't have any experience with any part of your dilemma and I want you to know that up front. I wanted to reply earlier but thought it best to let someone with experience answer, instead of me. I'm only replying to try to help produce thoughts.

I can imagine that its inability to climb affects its mental state, but I can't think of anything that could be done to improve its climbing ability.

To me, since it can't hold onto limbs very well safety becomes a factor with cage & limb height. I wouldn't want it falling 18 inches to the cage floor, possibly hitting other limbs on the way down.

If I were you I'd experiment in the cage you have to see how well and how far it can climb. The thought of making climbing branches more horizontal than vertical to ease climbing comes to mind. Kind of like making them zig-zag to where it could climb higher. But then again, it's ability to hold on & not fall from a potentially dangerous height has to come into play somewhere.

Most likely you've already thought about these things, but hopefully this ignorant reply will help in some shape, form, or fashion.

Best wishes!
HH
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