... ok .. but they 'hunt' in their enclosure, don't they? If they had bugs flying or crawling near them, they could use their tongue to get them ... why do you assume you know when you don't?
Do you have any evidence that a CB chameleon could not sustain and survive in the wild? Chameleons are solitary .. it's not like they have to find a group of chameleons like a lion does. They eat, sleep, defend themselves, mate .. the majority of their change would most likely be the weather...
Mmm, you can't say that they will have 'black lines' ... because my female shows black lines on her stomach when the rest of her body is bright green/blue with orange spots. Generally, their colouration will be dark which could mean they are trying to absorb more heat or they are stressed...
Obviously if you live in Colorado, like yourself or Canada, like myself, we wouldn't subject our chameleons to a habitat that they couldn't survive in. This cham in the vid was in its habitat so there isn't anything wrong with it.
Absolutely not. That's a female. My girl looks identical to her .. and she is usually bright lime green with blue markings, black stripe along her tummy and orange spots. When I took her outside, she had the same kinda army colours and a white stripe along the bottom of her tummy.
There are...
You wouldn't happen to know if there are any more verrocosus available (wherever you got one)? I've only found WC ones here in Canada and they were in poor health so I sent them back. I have only found some in Florida ... you seem closer to me :)
That will work well :)
We are working on cham specialization for next year .. just preparing our second floor with enclosures now :) We will be getting many species of chams so you don't have to deal with CITES. Right now we specialize in snakes but my brother has been breeding chams for 15...
I think this is one of those "to each their own" scenarios ... and while I hate the idea of any animal dying, I think we should respect the OPs decision to feed their cham a gecko. At the end of the day, it's his/her cham and it's their sole responsibility to practice and understand responsible...
Nothing wrong with it. Feed the chams however you wish. It's the same as hand feeding. You know how it goes .. everyone has their own preference. Some think it's better to free range .. some prefer cup feding. I do all three personally .. :)