CBB Ankaramy Pink Gems

[Chameleon Company]

We've got some extraordinary Ankaramy Pinks starting to grow up here. Perfect in every way, we have four different bloodlines beginning to mature. These critters have been enormously robust, and as CBB's here in the U.S., they are not prone to the filarial worm infestations common with so many imports.

Pictured is one of our sires, Ajax, and two of his offspring. Male #407 (center) is priced at $275 plus shipping, while female #546 (right) is priced at $225 plus shipping. Should you want # 407 and an unrelated female from our Algernon or Axle bloodlines, the pair would be $485 plus shipping. A trio would be $675 plus shipping.

If interested, send zip code or inquiries to [email protected] for a shipping quote. We ship via UPS Next Day Air Mon-Tue-Wed for delivery the following AM in most cases. All of our animals come with a full 5-day satisfaction guarantee. We accept PayPal and all major credit cards. We ship in well-insulated boxes with heat packs, in temperatures down to 15 degrees, and guaranteee all that we ship.

Or call 863-438-9477 (10 AM - 9 PM EST). Thanks.

 

[Chameleon Company]

Here's some more !

Sold the above posted ones, but here's two more. Male # 303 is priced at $250 plus shipping. Female # 1128 is $225 plus shipping. These are half-siblings, sired by Ajax. The male can be purchased paired with an unrelated same-age Ankaramy female for a total of $450 plus shipping. Contact info above. Thanks.

 

[KarenChamLuver]

Jim

They are beautiful !! Oh my gosh !!!!

Back to sanity before my credit card jumps from my purse ! I have been out of chameleons for a few years, but I remember hearing then that this locale is more fragile than others. The offspring pictured here and in other ads of yours do not look at all fragile I am a little confused about filarial worms ?

 

[Chameleon Company]

Hey Karen,

Thank you for the returning interest ! As to your concerns about this particular Locale being more difficult, it is one of those rumors that floats around, and I am probably asked about it once a month from potential customers.

Our experience with this Locale goes back about 7 years. It is based on many imports over that time span, as well as raising and breeding them multi-generationally in captivity. Our opinion based on that experience is that Ankaramies are as hardy as any other Locale if imported healthy, or CH or CBB with proper husbandry.

I also think I understand the basis for the rumor. It is our experience that the average imported Ankaramy is in worse shape on arrival than most other imported Locales, excepting Nosy Mitsio. Both those Locales are considered remote and more difficult to access. As such, animals taken from the wild in those areas spend a longer time, on average, in the export/import pipeline than more easily accessable Locales. Each added day is as one more nail in the coffin. Additionally, our opinion is that filarial worms are more frequent in Ankaramies than other Locales, likely due to the geography of that specific area, although all Locales have them.

Filarial worms are a type of parasite, found in both warm and cold-blooded animals worldwide. There are many types of filarials. For instance, heartworms in dogs are a type of filarial worm. They are not to be confused with parasites of the intestinal tract, such as roundworms, hookworms, etc. Filarials live in tissue primarily, and are transmitted by mosquitoes. While they are often only noticed in chameleons once they appear just under the outer skin layers, looking rather hideous, they can exist in internal tissues as well. Once a chameleon is infected, it can take several months for the worms to grow and migrate to outer skin layers. Most filarials are mosquito-specific, meaning that while the local mosquitoes may be able to transfer the parasite from one animal to another, if the infected animal is then placed in another part of the world, the mosquitoes found there will not effectively transmit that specific filarial. That is the case with chameleons kept in North America. The species of mosquitoes found in the Western Indian Ocean area are needed to transfer the filarials found in Malagasy chameleons, and there is no documented case of filarial transfer between chameleons here in North America. We have worked with many imports infected with filarials, breeding them to non-infected animals, raising offspring from them, etc. Never a transmission.

Of note, for those that read this far, if your "CBB" or stateside "CH" chameleon develops filarials, you've been snookered. Many of the juvenile imports from Indonesia (where they can be infected), currently being passed here in the U.S as captive stateside born, have been showing up with filarial infections after a few months.

We raise our Ankaramies here the same way we do all other Locales. Same food, temps, husbandry, etc. While we think this Locale tends to be about 10-20% smaller as adults than other Locales when mature, there is no other appreciable difference maintaining them with equal success as other Locales. For reasons mentioned earlier, we do think that imported Ankaramies will always tend to be more difficult to have success with, but only because they arrive in worse shape than other Locales.

So get out that credit card ! Thanks.

 

[MALTReptiles]

Sorry to highjack but can filarials be killed?

 

[Chameleon Company]

Maltreptiles

Speaking only to the filarials found in chamleons, it is our experience that the few drugs which will kill them create more problems than they solve. The drugs are exceedingly hard on the kidneys, and depending on where the filarial is in the chameleon's body when it dies, can cause major secondary issues. Those that have migrated to the surface can be cut out where a small incision is made and the entire worm pulled out, but it causes risk of additional infection and stress. And there's always more worms in waiting.

When we get some in an import, we stopped trying to remove them or treat for them years ago. Couldn't justify the risks.

 

[MALTReptiles]

Thanks for the good information! BTW- your Ankaramy's are beautiful!

 

[KarenChamLuver]

Wow !

Thank you for taking the time to explain things. I always tried to stay away from the wild-caught animals. Just too many problems there for lil' old me ! I think that the pinks are beautiful. I will email you about a soon-to-be purchase. Thanks again