xraygirl
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I'm 2 days late, but we were visiting with family in Florida. We are back in South Carolina and I can finally post! Happy 1 year rehoming day, to my sweet blue boy, FLASH. Who has really gone through transformations in color and personality. I've rattled on about his story before, but (long story short for those who may be new), I found him on the Lakeland Craigslist just browsing one day and kept on browsing.... Then someone posted his ad in one of the chameleon groups on facebook, I clicked on his picture again, and after that I couldn't stop thinking about him. I originally wanted a "blue" chameleon of some locale, but found my little red nugget Chief first. So, I communicated with his owners for almost 2 months, exchanging pictures of Chief's cage, and just talking about husbandry. (It took me a good month to slowly convince the boyfriend to let me bring him home....hehehehe) The owners were sweet enough to hold him for me until I could get down there to get him.... Apparently people offered more money to get him right then and there, but the owners held out for me, saying that they felt better if he went home with me... And that's how it all started!
He was super skittish, and couldn't be handled without flying out of your hands. I got a weight on him 2 weeks after him being home and he was 164 grams (he's at 249 now). Worked with him slowly with hand feeding, slow movements, chin rubs, leaving his door open (he wouldn't come out), to hooking a fake vine inside his cage to a free range right next to it, and backing away. He slowly ventured out. It took 10 months for him to suddenly realize that the human = free range time. So now, every time he sees me come into the room, he's doing the "let me out" dance.
What is so cute about him, is he'll be doing his own thing, crawling around on something.... then stop, and look at me, and make a little "huff", like a "I'm disappointed in you" huff. If he sees me giving attention towards Chief's cage, he'll sit at his door, and literally "huff" (it's barely audible) to get my attention. I really thought I was hearing things, but he does this to let me know his distaste towards me (like for instance, picking him up off of something that he shouldn't be crawling on), or to get my attention.
He's extremely sweet, but shows me his beard to tell me he's the boss. But he's never attempted to bite me, and he hasn't hissed at me since the night I brought him home. I honestly thought he was going to be a "look, don't touch" chameleon..... turns out I was wrong
He's so incredibly funny and full of it... I love coming home and letting him out to dominate the world (aka, the living room) I sure wish I had an age on him.
The first thumbnail has some pictures from when I first got him.
He was super skittish, and couldn't be handled without flying out of your hands. I got a weight on him 2 weeks after him being home and he was 164 grams (he's at 249 now). Worked with him slowly with hand feeding, slow movements, chin rubs, leaving his door open (he wouldn't come out), to hooking a fake vine inside his cage to a free range right next to it, and backing away. He slowly ventured out. It took 10 months for him to suddenly realize that the human = free range time. So now, every time he sees me come into the room, he's doing the "let me out" dance.
What is so cute about him, is he'll be doing his own thing, crawling around on something.... then stop, and look at me, and make a little "huff", like a "I'm disappointed in you" huff. If he sees me giving attention towards Chief's cage, he'll sit at his door, and literally "huff" (it's barely audible) to get my attention. I really thought I was hearing things, but he does this to let me know his distaste towards me (like for instance, picking him up off of something that he shouldn't be crawling on), or to get my attention.
He's extremely sweet, but shows me his beard to tell me he's the boss. But he's never attempted to bite me, and he hasn't hissed at me since the night I brought him home. I honestly thought he was going to be a "look, don't touch" chameleon..... turns out I was wrong
He's so incredibly funny and full of it... I love coming home and letting him out to dominate the world (aka, the living room) I sure wish I had an age on him.The first thumbnail has some pictures from when I first got him.
