Hi cham lovers,

glad to have found this forum.

we found this little beauty outside the garden 3-4 days ago. been feeding him/her (dont know which one it is) house flies. We do not know the species of it, nor the gender. I tried to look behind the tail underneath, but there seems just one whole--presume it is for the droppings, there is nothing els sticking out or hanging...(lol). So we can not tell if it is male or female. Would really love to know that.

Got a lot of ideas from this forum: we bought a fish tank for skinny (his/her name) as the home, I put a pot with soil in it and "planted" some umbrella tree leaves and ficus branches and peach tree branches (skinny was found on the peach tree outside the garden) in the soil.
I started to catch other flying insects for skinny, very difficult. I bought a tin of crix, but skinny doesnt really like it, maybe it is too big, bigger than the head. Skinny had one bite of the cut crix yesterday and spit it out. Today he had a smaller bite.
Does chams eat fly worms? I can breed a lot in the bin outside in the garden. very meaty.
Skinny is very tiny, about 5cm long in the body plus 4-5 cm long tail. Less than 1cm wide. Really wanted to upload a pic, but the uploading takes 4ever...

Pls give me suggestions. Cham lovers.

kristi

well for vield chameleons you tell by spurs (bumps) on the back feet if they have the spurs there male and if the dont they are female not sure if this works for every chameleon tho sorry.

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Chameleons are great!!! pictures of Yelina in my gallery

u collected ur chameleon from your garden? Sound like you are living in Hawaii.... hmm.....to tell whether it is a male or female...look for horns! Most probably you have Jackson.... but please do provide some photo!!

Hey Kristi,
Do your chameleon looks anything like any of these? Picture 1 is a male, Picture 2 is a female, Picture 3 is a baby... (can't tell yet!!)

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here are some photos:

Have you any experience keeping chameleons? Have you done any research? What kind of lighting do you use? How are you offering the chameleon water? If you answered no to the first two questions then I think its best to let it go. These are VERY difficult animals to care for and it’s important to do research and get things right in the beginning or else the chameleon could go down hill very quickly.

Totally not saying you cant own a chameleon but its wise to do A LOT of research and have a proper setup before acquiring one.

-roo

oops, the pics are too big! Still trying to figure out how to attach rite size here.

But skinny is nothing like your ones. Yours ones are very fancy. Skinny is another specy, I guess. It doesnt hav fancy colors, even when changing. As long as it changes color, good enough for me. Can you tell from the pic, which specy it is?

Yes, skinny is found out side the garden, on a peach tree we just moved out from our garden 2 months ago. The place I live? Surely not hawaii... Havnt you heard that Africa has the most chams? I am in Cape Town South Africa. But I dont think i can find your kind of madacascar chams outside the garden tho. lol

kristi

I agree with Roo..... wild caught chameleon is pretty hard to take care of. I researched for almost 6 months before acquiring my first CB Veiled. I would say, if you really want to keep it..... do more research on the temperature, humidity etc etc......at your place. I just realize that you found it on the ground.... it might be a female laying eggs thats why it is so skinny!!

To identify your chameleon, you might need someone who have seen a lot of chameleon; like Chris Anderson. To me, your chameleon looks like a female dwarf panther... but i am not sure, never lay my hands on these species before.

I would check out any laws about keeping wild chameleons too.

-roo

Mine can be found in Africa too, but in kenya. Cape town south Africa... hmm.... Bradypodion species..thats all the clue i can give you!!