Fireofmarajade
New Member
HI! I'm new here and got my first chameleon last month! A healthy, happy, and fun little guy! He is about 3 months or so that I was told from the pet store. After reading these forums that i found as i researched what i needed for him before he came home - THANK YOU everyone btw for the blogs and care sheets!
Then we went to the Daytona Breeders show and I needed to take a TINY baby boy home that they said was a little over a month old - he is a little over an inch for his body! I am constantly worried about his health because he is so small and its hard to tell if something is wrong when he does NOT want to be held at all! I have only done this for cleanings and when he first came home. So despite the overall good heath, I worry even though he happily eats his fruit flies and drinks and his fecal matter looks good, so i know he drinks!
My question is that we are able to go to the Lakeland Repticon that is coming up quick and my husband has agreed that i can get a FEMALE because I would love to start seeing the differences and maybe have a clutch later on. I LOVE the idea of watching babies grow as they are in your care. But is such a little veiled TOO young? I have been an avid pet owner of MANY reptiles throughout the years - iguana, turtle, anole, gecko, snake and more! So i know the care that needs to go into it but i always worry about the babies health!
I have LOVED bonding with Treek - the 3 month old and i KNOW how contented he is as he eats a healthy varied diet of dusted crickets, waxworks, did NOT eat the bloodworms, and i just got meal worms for the little one to try! At the next expo I plan on getting pinhead crickets as the stores here seem not to carry them! I know that it will take time with PEAK to get acclimated to home - since the show was about a week ago and I know his stress colors come as he hurries to avoid my "large" hand coming at him for cleanings or attempt at hand feeding with a small bottle cap. I have had fruit in there to attract the flies for him too!
I know this a LOT of info and things but mainly i need your HELP to know what is TOO young - even though i already have a hatchling pretty much and was thinking about getting a baby girl to bring home - I really would LIKE to have the two small guys grow up together!
I already have another small screen cage to build for them as they need to be separated as well- if they do NOT want to socialize right from the get go!
but is it better to get one that has a larger body size closer to Treek that is about a 3 inch body? I will post up pics when I can figure out how to!
Then we went to the Daytona Breeders show and I needed to take a TINY baby boy home that they said was a little over a month old - he is a little over an inch for his body! I am constantly worried about his health because he is so small and its hard to tell if something is wrong when he does NOT want to be held at all! I have only done this for cleanings and when he first came home. So despite the overall good heath, I worry even though he happily eats his fruit flies and drinks and his fecal matter looks good, so i know he drinks!
My question is that we are able to go to the Lakeland Repticon that is coming up quick and my husband has agreed that i can get a FEMALE because I would love to start seeing the differences and maybe have a clutch later on. I LOVE the idea of watching babies grow as they are in your care. But is such a little veiled TOO young? I have been an avid pet owner of MANY reptiles throughout the years - iguana, turtle, anole, gecko, snake and more! So i know the care that needs to go into it but i always worry about the babies health!
I have LOVED bonding with Treek - the 3 month old and i KNOW how contented he is as he eats a healthy varied diet of dusted crickets, waxworks, did NOT eat the bloodworms, and i just got meal worms for the little one to try! At the next expo I plan on getting pinhead crickets as the stores here seem not to carry them! I know that it will take time with PEAK to get acclimated to home - since the show was about a week ago and I know his stress colors come as he hurries to avoid my "large" hand coming at him for cleanings or attempt at hand feeding with a small bottle cap. I have had fruit in there to attract the flies for him too!
I know this a LOT of info and things but mainly i need your HELP to know what is TOO young - even though i already have a hatchling pretty much and was thinking about getting a baby girl to bring home - I really would LIKE to have the two small guys grow up together!
I already have another small screen cage to build for them as they need to be separated as well- if they do NOT want to socialize right from the get go!
but is it better to get one that has a larger body size closer to Treek that is about a 3 inch body? I will post up pics when I can figure out how to!