New to chameleons

tabbi

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Hello everybody I'm so happy I found this forum, I always find forums to be very helpful. I recently purchased two female Jackson chameleons from a local reptile show. I think I know the basics and a bit more but I'm always looking for more info, and advice.
A few days after I got my girls karma and chamille, I noticed chamille has a very unusually shape to her belly. I told my husband "she looks like she swallowed a golf ball". I called the "breeder" that I got her from and explained to him what I noticed and he basically told me that she was sold by accident, apparently she shouldn't have even been brought to the show. He said his son and wife packed all the animals up and set up the table, he had to work so he showed up to the reptile show later. Well it turns out his son brought a gravid female of his. My husband bought this gravid female we have named chamille without knowing. So basically I'm new to chameleons and now I have one that will be having babies pretty soon (within the next month or so). The breeder refused to take her back because he said "her babies are worth nothing to me anymore". I'm totally lost in the sauce about what to do. I research every new animal I get until I feel that I have the knowledge to care for them appropriately, I never researched gravid females or baby chameleons any help will be greatly appreciated
 
Welcome to the forum :)

Most newbies to chams start out simple, but sounds like your in over your ears! :eek:

Have you seen the care sheets posted at the lower left of this page?
It has a lot of useful info.

I have never owned females, so cant advise on that, or the upcoming babies.

Depending on your climate, you may have picked the most difficult species to care for.
If you live in a hot, dry area, you may have your work cut out for you, because jax need a lot of water and high RH.

Baby jax have a high mortality rate, even for experts.
They are tricky to keep alive past 3 months.

There are some good YouTube videos on jacksons care that you should check out.
 
Well thanks for the info and I will definitely check out those links and the videos. I live in southeastern pa so definitely not hot and dry. I currently have them in an 18x18x36 fully screened caged. There are live plants and lots of climbing branches. I also have a reptiles fogger and a drip system for the humidity and hydration. The tank stays around 75 degrees at the bottom with the basking area on top around 82 degrees and the humidity is pretty much consistent between 75 and 80.
I did not know that Jackson were difficult to care for they seem to be happy and healthy. They love to eat but the gravid one has seemed to slow down a bit when it comes to eating. Well I guess I can only pray for the best outcome and do everything I can to make it happen. Thanks for the info
 
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