dagy24
New Member
After surfing the forums for several weeks researching chameleons, I am finally the proud owner of a new little friend!
Today I went to the Hamburg/Northwest Berks Reptile Show and originally had planned to purchase an Ambilobe male if he was available, however, I found no available panther males at all (but there were about half a million veiled chameleons of various color morphs there. My friend got a male who is very small and adorable) and a few ambanja females and one ambilobe female. Originally I decided against buying a female but right before we left I ran back and purchased this Ambilobe female, who I was given an approximate age of "around 7 months".
Her name is Priscilla. I had already purchased a screen cage suitable for an adult male (2x2x4) and have my lighting set up. I have the materials to set up a decent drainage system (including a cabinet which the cage will sit on) and once I have that as a go I will get a mister. Right now the enclosure is about half set up - I also have a pothos I will string from the top and more sticks and vines. As soon as I get the cage in it's permanent place I will have it set up much better than this but I think for now it's better than being in the deli-cup she came home in!
Attached are pictures of my chameleon. She was very peachy pink, the picture doesn't show that. After I put her in her enclosure she climbed up the sides and hung out right at her UVB light but after a few minutes found her basking spot, so I misted her for a while and left her alone. She has had a very stressful day, as she was passed around to every prospective buyer all day and then had to endure a several hour car ride back to NJ in her deli cup. She's upstairs right now basking alone. She scares the hell out of me when she climbs around, I'm afraid she's going to fall but I'm just super paranoid I think!
I have a reptisun 5.0 as the UVB and a regular incandescent for the heat. I'm aware the analog style thermometers are not 100% accurate, I have a temp gun coming to me via fed ex.
I also know the mass cane isn't ideal, but like I said have a pothos and will replace it with a ficus once it's warmer here and I can actually locate one. Home Depot and Lowes had no options it seemed in the way of plants.
SORRY this post was so long I'm just very excited about all this and wanting to make sure I am able to make her enclosure comfortable as possible in the next few days and not stress her out too badly.
Today I went to the Hamburg/Northwest Berks Reptile Show and originally had planned to purchase an Ambilobe male if he was available, however, I found no available panther males at all (but there were about half a million veiled chameleons of various color morphs there. My friend got a male who is very small and adorable) and a few ambanja females and one ambilobe female. Originally I decided against buying a female but right before we left I ran back and purchased this Ambilobe female, who I was given an approximate age of "around 7 months".
Her name is Priscilla. I had already purchased a screen cage suitable for an adult male (2x2x4) and have my lighting set up. I have the materials to set up a decent drainage system (including a cabinet which the cage will sit on) and once I have that as a go I will get a mister. Right now the enclosure is about half set up - I also have a pothos I will string from the top and more sticks and vines. As soon as I get the cage in it's permanent place I will have it set up much better than this but I think for now it's better than being in the deli-cup she came home in!
Attached are pictures of my chameleon. She was very peachy pink, the picture doesn't show that. After I put her in her enclosure she climbed up the sides and hung out right at her UVB light but after a few minutes found her basking spot, so I misted her for a while and left her alone. She has had a very stressful day, as she was passed around to every prospective buyer all day and then had to endure a several hour car ride back to NJ in her deli cup. She's upstairs right now basking alone. She scares the hell out of me when she climbs around, I'm afraid she's going to fall but I'm just super paranoid I think!
I have a reptisun 5.0 as the UVB and a regular incandescent for the heat. I'm aware the analog style thermometers are not 100% accurate, I have a temp gun coming to me via fed ex.
I also know the mass cane isn't ideal, but like I said have a pothos and will replace it with a ficus once it's warmer here and I can actually locate one. Home Depot and Lowes had no options it seemed in the way of plants.
SORRY this post was so long I'm just very excited about all this and wanting to make sure I am able to make her enclosure comfortable as possible in the next few days and not stress her out too badly.
Thanks
