Carpet chameleon info wanted!!
- Thread starter petkel
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eisentrauti
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We have here a "search function" and there's a nice website called "google". Maybe you have heard about it before. Why don't you start to seach informations first on your side, before you expect that some forum members do the work for you ?
Matt1851
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well hey that's what were here for is it not? To help others? and maybe if he cant find what he wants then he can go to google. Or maybe he wants a personal response instead of reading a care sheet :\ Also google pics are nice but maybe he wants to see setups and better pics than those that are posted on google. If you dont feel like helping him then dont, im sure he knows what google is and can see the search ontop
chameleonneeds
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I find that when ever I google something about chams I always end up on the forum anyway.
I also think getting responses from people of this forum is way better, cant trust the care sheets you find off random sites. Saw one where there was a picture of a baby veiled which they called a young panther.
I also think getting responses from people of this forum is way better, cant trust the care sheets you find off random sites. Saw one where there was a picture of a baby veiled which they called a young panther.
chameleonneeds
Avid Member
I was given a baby carpet chameleon a while back, it was very cute. Was a tiny baby, it passed away a few months after I got him.
I have not kept anymore since him, I might get some next year, I have heard that they are more tolerant of being held, they are way more friendly in comparison to veileds and most panthers, but it all depends on the cham.
From what I heard is that they can live from 3-5 years of age. Females obviously less if they are producing eggs quite frequently.
Cheers
I have not kept anymore since him, I might get some next year, I have heard that they are more tolerant of being held, they are way more friendly in comparison to veileds and most panthers, but it all depends on the cham.
From what I heard is that they can live from 3-5 years of age. Females obviously less if they are producing eggs quite frequently.
Cheers
Leedslad88
New Member
HARSH!!!!..... DOnt think there is any need for the terminology, although your point is correct
petkel
New Member
frilly ones at that lol..
eisentrauti
Avid Member
Half the people ? You are bad in maths, right ? Maybe half on the people answering your thread....
Anyway google is bad, and especially Furcifer lateralis is one of those species where it's really difficult to find informations.
And at least nobody mentioned that there is still the glorious, but difficult to use "seach function", where probably douzens of lateralis keepers shared their experiences. But this is work, to read them all, right
?It's always easier to search an idiot doing it...
Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
I would love to keep Carpets one day, as well as Mt Meru Jacksons. Sadly, over here in the UK, these chams are about as common as 'rocking horse poop', lol! I certainly don't ever here of any down South - I think there are breeders up North so you may have more luck than me in finding some!
eisentrauti
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Leedslad88
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Lilly,
Im up north and still have trouble finding them! I havve been looking for a number of months now
petkel
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plus i am from england where they are quite hard to come by!!
shanksfaml
Member
Come on lets play nice, we are all on here for the same purpose and goals. Just keep lovin the chams. and their owners.
eisentrauti
Avid Member
ok ok, maybe I get it the wrong way. The lifespan of Furcifer lateralis ssp is in the wild approx. one year. In captivity it depends on the keeping in general, the genetics and with the females how often they layed eggs. Most of the lateralis in captivity can live round three years, some make it up to five.
If you want a long-living animal, give him as much natural sunlight as possible, a very well varying diet, in general not too much too eat and no burger like superworms or stuff like this ! A good water supply is important too as well as supplementation while they have their biggest growing phase in the first months.
What most keepers never do is simulating the natural weather, that means low night temperatures (really low !) and varying lighting
Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
Continental Europe has everything
It's alright for some, lol! I have only ever seen veileds and Pygmy's and I once saw a tiny baby Jacksons. I live on a small Island off the South Coast of the UK, so it's even harder for me to get anything 'different'. I have at least an hours travel before I get to the 'mainland' UK.
petkel
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Never really thought about that last point will definitely keep this in mind when constructing my setup..
