Thank you! So, I’m assuming you’d recommend a male? I have seen a lot of people saying a breeder or like a good reptile store, and I probably will go for one of those. I just see the little chameleons in petco or petsmart in those tiny cages and it makes me want to save every single one!
Oh, I appreciate it! May I ask why that is, i mean for the ages?
Well it is very stressful to be shipped and the older a baby is the less fragile. You should ask about date of birth as a decent breeder will know! They should never be taken from the clutch before three months. By interacting with their siblings they learn to hunt better and move faster and be more stable on Walking and running on branches. you should also ask the breeder how they feed their clutches. mine used a large plastic cup with a stick in it. I still use the same method to this day. dont use clear plastic as the cham will continue to hit it with its tongue to get to the food. Stick needs to be tall enough for the cham to climb out if it falls in! i just wedge it in between a vine and a stivk up.high. Also he would hang whole lettuce leaves ( i use collard greens, more nutritionsl) and all the little chams would run to eat it up. oh the small worm bowls that are sold are not heavy enough to stay put once they get bigger their tongues have a very strong suction. To fix this, i glued the bowl to a heavy flat rock. Superworms climb right out so i put the bowl in a a bigger ceramic bowl and wedge paper next to it so the worms will go into the ceramic bowl and not over the edge! Works great. In the big cage they rarely will go to the bottom so you have to offer food up high.
Yeah… I am really into fish keeping and I have two tanks running at my house, I don’t buy fish from the chain pet stores (I buy them from a local fish shop). But I cannot stop myself with those poor poor bettas….
Ah thank you!! That’s super super helpful I appreciate it!!
