Hi everyone,
I just got my new female veiled chameleon (Eve) Tuesday night. She is about 6 months ago and StV length of 5 to 6 inches. Up until I got her she had been living in an enclosure about the size of a 10 gallon aquarium, also until about a week ago she also had a cage mate. She only had a couple of dowel rods to climb on. Her enclosure was as close to the ground as possible as well. It seems I pick a chameleon with a lot going against her for my first chameleon.
Eve seems to like her new home. She seems to enjoy the vines, the new branches and all the room she has to stretch out in.
She is very shy and aggressive but, I expected that. I wish I had a way to check on her and feed her without too much stress on her. One of my concerns is she has, at least my guess is, stuck shed on her. It looks like small pieces of paper that has been rolled and dried. I have been trying to keep her humidity high to see if that helps but, I’m not able to get a close look as she lounges at me if I get too close and I don’t want to cause her any undue stress.
I know I shouldn’t have taken on such a “project” chameleon for my first one but, she already has a special place in my heart. I want to make sure I give her the best life I possibly can. I hope one day she will accept my presence with I need to feed her or clean out her enclosure.
I have been in the reptile hobby for 17 years. The lizard that made me fall in love with the hobby was a Jackson’s chameleon, which I saw about 20 years ago. My current collection includes 2 ball pythons, 2 blue tongue skinks, 3 leopard geckos and now my first chameleon.
Thanks for reading and have a good day.
Scott
I just got my new female veiled chameleon (Eve) Tuesday night. She is about 6 months ago and StV length of 5 to 6 inches. Up until I got her she had been living in an enclosure about the size of a 10 gallon aquarium, also until about a week ago she also had a cage mate. She only had a couple of dowel rods to climb on. Her enclosure was as close to the ground as possible as well. It seems I pick a chameleon with a lot going against her for my first chameleon.
Eve seems to like her new home. She seems to enjoy the vines, the new branches and all the room she has to stretch out in.
She is very shy and aggressive but, I expected that. I wish I had a way to check on her and feed her without too much stress on her. One of my concerns is she has, at least my guess is, stuck shed on her. It looks like small pieces of paper that has been rolled and dried. I have been trying to keep her humidity high to see if that helps but, I’m not able to get a close look as she lounges at me if I get too close and I don’t want to cause her any undue stress.
I know I shouldn’t have taken on such a “project” chameleon for my first one but, she already has a special place in my heart. I want to make sure I give her the best life I possibly can. I hope one day she will accept my presence with I need to feed her or clean out her enclosure.
I have been in the reptile hobby for 17 years. The lizard that made me fall in love with the hobby was a Jackson’s chameleon, which I saw about 20 years ago. My current collection includes 2 ball pythons, 2 blue tongue skinks, 3 leopard geckos and now my first chameleon.
Thanks for reading and have a good day.
Scott