When we first adopted Forest, I found his previous owners 1)gave him protien on a regular basis, 2)used a useless spray-on calcium suppliment on his food thinking it was awesome & 3)didn't use a uvb light for the boy. For this & some other reasons, I figured Forest's bones may not be very good for climbing (that & I have never seen him get his fat hiney more than 2 feet off the ground when he has tried to climb a tree).
I felt bad for him & even built him ramps to get on/off his bed so he wouldn't have to exert himself. Ha!!!!
Yesterday I put Forest out on his chair/basket to bask as I do every day. I was painting my kitchen & lost track of time. About an hour later, I SWEAR I heard him crawl through the door & assumed he was on his way to his bed. About an hour later I went to give him a rub & realized he was not there. I looked outside & he wasn't on his chair either. I freaked.
He has never wandered. After he does his "business" he always comes inside to lay back on his bed. I looked all over the yard at ground level cause I figured he couldn't climb, right? Well, I came to the neighbor's fence & heard a squirell raising hell & looked up to see what his problem was & there, 4 feet off the ground, WITH NO RAMP, was my lazy lizard soaking up the sun/shade. He was apparently making the squirell mad, hence all the noise.
This is how I found him. Soooooooo, no more pampering the turd. Not able to climb, my foot!
