Recent content by Stella

Check this out. We'd love to have members from chameleon forums join us this upcoming January! This is a brilliant idea but obviously too expensive for many cham lovers. Could one not organize a simpler tour, cars without air con and simpler accommodation? Cham tour on a shoestring?

I keep flap neck chameleons in their natural habitat (enclosure in garden) and they get dew and sometimes water from the sprinkler system. They are doing fine since December. Their natural habitat supplies very little water (only dew for monthe) but I read a lot about dripping water supply etc...

Can you enlighten me: I do not know what a "hemipenal bulge" is.

One of my books says that males have a hind spur. True?

That is interesting. Lately a Malawian told me a very similar story. Although the chamelion intended to do good and the lizzard prevented that, the cham is now feared and killed and the lizzard not even a topic. What is the "sloth of Umwaba"? In his version the two were on the way to a funeral.

Do not misunderstand me: I have studied biology and this is my main interest and I am untouched by bad omens/superstitions etc. I am just interested in these believes as they seem somehow universal in Africa. As I have only very limited access to the Internet in Malawi I could not research...

I am living in Malawi where chams naturally occur. As practically in all other parts of Africa these animals are feared and mostly killed. They are associated with witch craft and bad luck, with bad magic. Has anyone more detailed information? Greetings from the warm heart of Africa Stella

Chameleons in natural habitat Thanks for your answer. The enclosure is a sturdy frame covered with wire mesh, there are 2 trees, about one third of the area is covered with a roof for more shade and they can move to the sunny part whenever they wish. Mostly in the mornings they sit on top of...

I am living in Malawi (Lilongwe) and started in December to keep flap-neck chameleons, which were found in our garden. They live in a 4x4x3m walk-in enclosure with trees etc. I am feeding mainly grasshoppers and flying ants and my pets are just doing fine/looking healthy/laying eggs/shedding...