Hey everyone!

[chicksxdigxmike]

Hey everyone! I'm new to the world of chameleons but not to the world of herps! I am currentley keeping leopard geckos and various frog species but want to get started in chameleons. They're so cute! What kind would you reccomend to a begginer Cham keeper? Also, what kindof cham is on the banner/logo thing at the top?

 

[Julirs]

I would say male Veiled 4-5 months or older. I am pretty sure that is a little Veiled in the pic at the top. Research your brains out, these are not easy animals to keep in comparison to Geckos.

 

[dodolah]

Hello Mike, welcome to the forum

a MALE veiled no younger than 2.5 months old.
Chameleon is time consuming and quite tricky to care in captivity.
My best advice that i can give to you is research research research and prepare a complete enclosure 3 weeks before you get the actual chameleon.

and have a test run taking care the enclosure as if you have a chameleon there and see if any problem arise.

(such as Drainage problem -as chameleon need to be misted several times a day, the enclosure usually end up very wet after misting. Check if the water leaks to the wall or mold starts to grow, etc etc)

(another problem is whether crickets can hide immediately or escape from the cage, etc etc)

(plant rotting from over watering)

Fix all the problems. Get used to the schedule and the ritual .
Once you are ready, go buy the chameleon (I beg of you please don't buy from petco, petsmart, or pet store -as they often gave a wrong advice on how to take care a chameleon), and put him there for the real run.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

This is not complete yet....but there is quite a bit of good basic info on veileds here

http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/

-Brad

 

[PardalisGirl]

Welcome

Welcome to the group! You have taken the first step in the right direction by joining this group. Read, read and then read some more. This site and Brad's site. He's done a great job putting a bunch of stuff that was all over the place in this forum into one convenient spot. Read the new posts on this forum every day. You will see a lot of your future questions answered in advance if you do so. Nice to meet you

 

[SuperRad]

As everyone would say, Male veiled chams will be a great place to start.