Back in 1990...

[nightanole]

Found one of my old books.

 

[Virgil1972]

I wasn't even born yet

 

[Nursemaia]

I wasn't even born yet

Thanks for making people feel old

 

[Virgil1972]

Thanks for making people feel old

I feel old with all my gray hair.

 

[nightanole]

Thanks for making people feel old

I stare at people at work and think "i have heat rocks older than you".

 

[leedragon]

well some true and some less true. thanks for sharing btw

 

[jamest0o0]

Make sure your heat rocks are above 6 inches from the basking zone at least.

 

[Nursemaia]

I stare at people at work and think "i have heat rocks older than you".

Hahaha I remember when we all thought heat rocks were a good idea. I do not have mine from that era. I just stare at people and wonder was I that dumb at that age because I surely don't remember being that stupid

 

[kinyonga]

We've come a long way since then...luckily for the chameleons that we do keep in captivity.

When I got my one, the store I went into to buy my second one said why would you buy a chameleon... it will be dead in two weeks. You have to do this and that to keep them and they die anyway. I said maybe you should ask me how I'm keeping mine because the first one lived well over a year. The store would only bring one in for me if I guaranteed I'd take it no matter what the condition was. I know I contributed to the death of some and felt horrible about, it but I also learned quickly what worked.

People kept trying to hatch eggs WCs laid...but they were trying to incubate them like snake eggs. I thought since the eggs are laid in the ground wouldn't the temperature be lower and tried incubating them at about 74F and it worked..much to my surprise.

We still have lots to learn!

 

[Nursemaia]

I got my 1st veiled 20 years ago. She lived 4 years despite my terrible care, I only had iguanas before her and had no idea what I was doing and not a lot of info around on how to care for her either. After her though, chameleons were all I wanted.