Recent content by sleekspeech

thanks for the kind words. I have learned alot already. The picture of your chameleon is like a fat, healthy version of The Dude. That's what he should have looked like. I just wonder if I had known what to do, if two weeks with us would have made him better or if he was just well on his way.

or could have possibly died from it? I imagine if his had been down for a few months and it got shuffled from the move and was looser...? All of these things are good to know. Can you use anything like newspapers or paper towels?

thanks again for all of the words of support. My daughter was feeling really guilty and she feels much better now, since I can give her more reasoning than we just didn't take care of him properly. I'm looking forward to her spirits lifting and getting another one! Her aunt is trying to talk...

its funny that you say that because she TOTALLY vetoed the idea of getting another. I found a few breeders offering holiday discounts on overnight shipping and thought I'd surprise her with another one. Dude was her early Christmas present :( But when we had the talk about doing it again...

pictures the only one I really have is of him and my daughter. she was very upset. we had a funeral yesterday. sorry its not in color. Looking at him now, I see that he may not have been very healthy. He was very skinny compared to alot of other chams I see on this site.

you know my husband and I were talking about that, and we think the same thing. The oldest kid was not taking care of it any longer, so the mom and dad were prob just doing the bare minimum until they could re-home him. He was really skinnier than I think a healthy chameleon should be and...

and p.s. thank you for all of the help and good advice.

dude is dead : ( husband just got home, he is dead. His name was Dude, btw. RIP Dude.

don't you think that if he's been drinking from the fountain for 3 years he would be confused if I changed it up on him? It has a reservoir of water, but its under a rock shelf/lid, where the water can go back into it, but you can't access the pool. Basically its really a waterfall, which is...

the temp on the bulb is 85 and its 6 - 8 inches from the spot he chose to stop moving in - its clamped outside of the cage. Now I'm freaking out wondering if its actually dehydration and the lamp will make it worse. He has a fountain I have seen him drink from several times and we mist him for...

I know... I am feeling very guilty. We did some reading before we got him, but the previous owner seemed very thorough and he had lived 3 healthy years before we got him so we just figured that she knew what she was talking about.... The saddest? This was my daughter's early Christmas...

too late? I fear now it is too late. Why did he live so long if the previous owner was screwing him up so bad?

poop I looked brown and white the last time I saw it. To be honest, I haven't gone looking for it. So my question here is, I won't get home until tonight. Seeing a vet before tomorrow is not going to happen. Is it likely I will come home to a dead chameleon because he has not been able to...

temp? Everything was in working order. As I said, we only got him two weeks ago. Actually, about a week and a half. Do you think the stress of the move would have taken this long to take a toll on him? Do you think the lack of direct heat (we do keep our house at a very warm temperature and our...

temp? This guy was handled daily in his old home. He was very happy and healthy there. He definitely has his own little personality, one of his quirks is that he enjoys being held only by the people he likes (my daughter) and climbing on her face/in her hair. The light we put on every day...