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I don't have great creds for advising about chameleons, but lots of other animal experience. Are both of these options near enough so that you can pick up your baby in person? If so, maybe you should trust your own experience to pick out the healthiest and happiest. If not, I'd go with the...

May I ask why so many of you prefer panthers? Yes, I see that the colors are beautiful, but I've heard that veiled chameleons are the hardiest so I have been ruling the others out for a first chameleon. Am I wrong?

Oh right-- I had watched the one about which species to choose. I thought the veiled was a good choice because they are a little hardier and tolerate lower temperatures. Even if they are not the "friendliest." What do you think?

Oddly, I was startled a few years ago when I suddenly noticed a huge chameleon staring at me from the shoulder of a young lady on a bus. It seemed quite calm. Not that I would endorse taking a loose chameleon on a bus, especially without warning nearby passengers!

Thanks for the link-- it looks good! I would definitely set up and monitor the habitat as well as get the food colonies started before bringing a chameleon home. I've seen too many unhappy pets in my time, if only as a function of age.

Yeah, there's tons of research attempting to measure the relative size of different brain structures in early hominids. https://www.indiana.edu/~brainevo/publications/schoenemann-hominid-brain-evol-2013.pdf

Thanks! I'll ask the vet if they do chameleon boarding or can recommend a lizard sitter.

OK guys, can you help me make up my mind about getting a veiled chameleon? I just saw one at the pet store (it looked healthy) and fell in love. In fact, I have always wanted a chameleon but thought they were extremely difficult to keep, but apparently this is a hardy species. I kept anoles...

This is pretty technical, but it is now recognized that bird brains are much more like human brains than we used to think-- a large proportion of their brains are homologous to our cerebral cortex. To some extent, this applies to reptiles as well (remember all that mythology about "the reptilian...

Gosh, that's a good warning. I'm still thinking about whether to get a veiled chameleon, and I guess I am harboring the hope that it will perch on my shoulder. I had an anole when I was a kid that would turn green when I walked into the room and could pick me out of a crowd. All the other...

Unfortunately, there are also systemic insecticides, like Bonide Systemic Granules Insecticide, which are taken up by the plant and remain there. I don't know if they are generally used by houseplant suppliers. The active ingredient in the Bonide product is acephate. It is supposed to protect...

I like the idea of a light trap. I had anoles when I was a kid, and we used to go housefly hunting together. The anole would perch on my finger and we'd sneak up on the fly. But in one case my lizard died suddenly the night after eating a fly, so since then I've been worried about pesticides...

I believe that all spiders are venomous. In most cases, not enough to be dangerous to humans, but who knows about chameleons. I'll bet they do eat spiders in the wild, though.