SaintJimmy
Avid Member
I have been on Facebook for a long time. Until recently I didn't join any reptile groups.
Maxxtu knows that a while ago I joined a couple groups and I have recently also been joining more and more groups for reptiles.
Chameleon groups SCARE ME.
Some people post pics of their MBD Cham and say "ain't he pretty he's doing just great" and everyone responds something along the lines of "he's gorgeous" or "beautiful". I feel bad when I have to step in when people ask "hey why are his arms bendy" and I feel like buzz killington/an a-hole when I tell them their chameleon is close to death, is not beautiful, is being kept in a tiny cage, no you should not hold it that way, take it to a vet it NEEDS HELP.
Or when people post pics of their new quad or Pygmy and ask "I got this how do I feed it, can I put three more in same cage" and people reply "I feed mine crickets up to 5" or "I've kept chams together for years same cage no problems" (same cage no problems my a$$ sorry if that's against the rules but seriously I needed to use the donkey word) and I have to step in and say "You have a Pygmy chameleon/quadricornis/Senegal chameleon/fischers/parsons and it NEEDS MORE THAN JUST "oh a cricket here and there and some mist".
Like wtf people. I am pissed right now because every time I log onto Facebook I spend at least 30 minutes posting care sheets, links to Cham forums, gutload info, MBD info, search for other peoples vets in the area for them, give them correct calcium schedules, tell them chams need more than just "throw stuff in there and walk away"
People these chams are not beardies or ball pythons.
People who seem to have a large collection of reptiles (and I notice it even more when the people tend to not name their pets) they think a chameleon is supposed to survive for like a year, oh his limbs are supposed to look like that, oh look my Cham is white he's so pretty (ummm death is imminent) oh my Cham threw up look, and seem to say stupid crap like that. They also seem to care less about the Cham itself and more about losing a part of their "cool reptile collection"
Maxxtu knows that a while ago I joined a couple groups and I have recently also been joining more and more groups for reptiles.
Chameleon groups SCARE ME.
Some people post pics of their MBD Cham and say "ain't he pretty he's doing just great" and everyone responds something along the lines of "he's gorgeous" or "beautiful". I feel bad when I have to step in when people ask "hey why are his arms bendy" and I feel like buzz killington/an a-hole when I tell them their chameleon is close to death, is not beautiful, is being kept in a tiny cage, no you should not hold it that way, take it to a vet it NEEDS HELP.
Or when people post pics of their new quad or Pygmy and ask "I got this how do I feed it, can I put three more in same cage" and people reply "I feed mine crickets up to 5" or "I've kept chams together for years same cage no problems" (same cage no problems my a$$ sorry if that's against the rules but seriously I needed to use the donkey word) and I have to step in and say "You have a Pygmy chameleon/quadricornis/Senegal chameleon/fischers/parsons and it NEEDS MORE THAN JUST "oh a cricket here and there and some mist".
Like wtf people. I am pissed right now because every time I log onto Facebook I spend at least 30 minutes posting care sheets, links to Cham forums, gutload info, MBD info, search for other peoples vets in the area for them, give them correct calcium schedules, tell them chams need more than just "throw stuff in there and walk away"
People these chams are not beardies or ball pythons.
People who seem to have a large collection of reptiles (and I notice it even more when the people tend to not name their pets) they think a chameleon is supposed to survive for like a year, oh his limbs are supposed to look like that, oh look my Cham is white he's so pretty (ummm death is imminent) oh my Cham threw up look, and seem to say stupid crap like that. They also seem to care less about the Cham itself and more about losing a part of their "cool reptile collection"