Thanks Pilot, I am defin. leaning towards keeping the little guy. I do realize i acted hastily on my starting thread/post.
I've just been worrying myself sick over this little guy. I do realize I let the stress of it all get to me and that all pets take time. he just seemed so calm and...
"expecting"? :rolleyes: well maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions and talk condescending towards new members miss 65 posts representative of all "members of the group". Seriously you're the main one that got me going with a mild "tone". You even came back to type it in red? lol wow.
If a...
My age, 6 years old.
I impulse bought him cause i watched the trailer for "Rango".
I know they're gutloaded because I can just see through the crickets with my X-ray vision and tell lol.
From here on out I will not answer the obvious retorts but just couldn't resist those goofy...
Respect his boundries?? lol i havent even went in the room but to feed him act the way i want? lol..
anyways here's a video of how scared he is of me.. eating right out of cup.. ate out of fingers once...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-QUqrGdUMg
anyways thanks david. and all the...
the reptile chipe are gone. im using paper towl now... yes i have everything for him.. he has ate one cricket from my hand on day 3 of owning him... im not worried about all that. the crickets come pre gutloaded..
it was not an impulse buy.. i've always wanted a chameleon.. ive just now took...
I've had Osiris my baby Veiled Chameleon 6 days i got him from petsmart and am kinda getting frustrated. pics of him below... for you guys to get about an age idea if that is worth anything.
He was cup feeding now he rarely eats from his cup wich is fine.
he has had 6 days to acclimate...
haha camimom thanks for the link. atleast the person was alright. but it doesnt scare me. good to know. i might get some work gloves then for handling him and hopefully break him like the guy said in that post.
Believe it or not Osiris ate a cricket from my fingers this morning arg of course...
lol camimom, would you mind describing in detail how bad the bite can be?
when i was young i took care of my cousins gerbel or hamster i forget when i was little and he broke the skin.
lol can they take off a finger joking i hope not... i read they can pinch and thrash? can they pull off...
thanks camimom i will give it time. no doubt. he is not hissing but he runs from my finger and hand unless i bring in the crickets then he doest have a problem with them around the CUP lol.
Since you guys think he's a male....
I have dubbed him Osiris lol Osiris was green.
to hand feed him so he wont be so afraid of me... instead of cup feeding him. i saved him from petsmart he was in a little box in there lol.
thought he'd be thrilled he has a mansion now lol.
he runs anytime my finger gets near him but he has only hissed once with his back to my finger so...
lol i've tried to cath one of the crickets buts it's not so easy... they're small kind of and i dont want to squish the cricket?? plus he's so small lol(my veiled cham)
any tips? :D
thanks a bunch guys! thanks dave for the videos! will watch asap.
Here is a video of my little guy munching down is this considered hand feeding?
I havent been able to grab a cricket and literal. hold it for him to eat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-QUqrGdUMg
i'm not quite sure...
wow thanks a bunch guys. since he's a boy. I might have him a name already thanks for clearing that up!
Also thanks for the quick info on the light i will bring it back then.
Also thanks paper towels sound awesome and like a breeze compared to substrate.
Also wow thanks for the nutri...
thanks on the grats.
no not yet really. today is just day 3 and like i said so far i guess he should be getting his VitD from his bulbs?? 14 hours a day or so i dont have a timer. he moves around a lot. i only read calcium once a month to dust it on their food? so no i havent had time to...
im only using the night bulb that the care guide said? its made for nocturnal viewing? .
i dont leave his uvb uva lights on at night. they're seperate. repti 5.0 etc.
heres the bulb and his current setup. can you tell his sex? i will have to get a better picture tomorrow he's hiding...
heres one of him hanging upside down. so just misting a lot and i dont have to worry?? im really only concerned about his hydration.
will get bowl out asap. thanks for the tip i already have a small exo terra hand mister.
uva.uvb bulbs red light for at night he has been sleeing with...
My New and First Veiled baby chameleon i got from petsmart on sale for $69
heres pics how does he/she??? look. thanks guys.
it is currently in a reptibreeze 16x16x20 mesh.
it is hand feeding eating out of cup(gutloaded crickets from petsmart for now) but lady at petsmart told me this...